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| 208 children see the light of freedom in one day |
| The Minister of Labour joins secret raids with BBA activists and former child labourers |
| 7th May 2008: In one of the largest rescue operations in the country, 208 child labourers were rescued from child/ bonded labour from more than 120 establishments. In an unprecedented move, the Labour Minister of Jharkhand , instead of passing the order from the table as usual, joined in the raids with BBA activists. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Sahi Created history as for the first time, a minister screened the restaurants, teashops and garages on the streets for 4 hours in the state capital Ranchi and rescued 185 child labourers.
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| GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR WORLD’S BIGGEST EVER LESSON |
7.5 million children, adults, teachers joined politicians in over 100 countries to learn about the importance of everyone having the chance for a quality education
More than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s “World’s Biggest Lesson”. The world record for the largest simultaneous lesson in history has been broken already – and the numbers are still coming in.
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| Bollywood Demands Quality Education For Child Laborers in Rising India |
23 April 2008, New Delhi: Hundreds of former child laborers and school children participated in the world's biggest lesson on education. Children themselves imparted a lesson to the noted Bollywood personalities Actress Mahima Chaudhry, Producer Tanuja Chandra, Jasbeer Jassi, the singer and Amit Shyal; Members of Parliament and social activists here today at the FICCI auditorium as part of the Global Action Week led by the President of Global Campaign for Education a worldwide movement demanding universal basic full time quality education for all.
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| Children For Peace and Peace For Children – Stand up for the Tibetan child victims |
New Delhi 11th April 2008 – For the First time 100s of children from India and Tibet joined hands on the street of the capital to demand protection for the rights of children in Tibet. Children from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh etc marched in the streets carrying the plank cards with the specific demands- "Peace for Children and Children for peace", "Ensure free and quality education for all children in Tibet", "Restore rights freedom dignity and education of Tibetan children".
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| Child Labour in Garment Industry - Uncovering the Truth |
01 November 2007, New Delhi: In yet another rescue operation on complaint filed and lead by the child rights NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan “BBA” (Save the Childhood Movement), 75 child labourers between the ages 7 and 15 years were rescued from the Khanpur area of South Delhi.
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| "Keep Your Promises" to the world’s children |
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It has been 7 years since the world leaders committed to the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the commitments for Education For All (Dakar Framework of Action), It has been 8 years since the ILO Convention 182 of the worst forms of child labour accepted by world.
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| Gap Admits Possible Child Labor Problem |
By Hilary Brown (LONDON) The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have unknowingly used child labor in the production of a line of children's clothing in India.
This followed allegations by an investigative reporter based in Delhi, whose story was splashed across two pages of the British paper The Observer on Sunday.
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| Child Slaves Rescued from Embroidery Sweatshops |
New Delhi (BBA) 14-year-old Sheikh Mohammad (name changed) was brought by his Maternal Uncle to Shahpur Jaat, New Delhi. Little did he knew at the time that his uncle would just leave him in a strange place with strange people stuffed in and working tediously in various dark, dingy and stinky rooms. Now it has been a year since that first day of his work, and Sheikh Mohammadhas been recognized as a trainee and given Rs. 500 per month.
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| 13-Year-Old Kept in Bondage for Land |
New Delhi – A deplorable case of a child who had been kept as a bonded labourer came to light when activists from Bachpan Bachao Andolan rescued 13-year-old Bindeshwar Mandal from I 83-B, Rohini sector – 18, New Delhi.
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| Efforts by International Organizations to Eliminate the WorstForms of Child Labor |
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Thursday, April 19: 11 a.m. – noon
Room: 328A Russell Senate Office Building
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