Links: Child Labor*

  • 3-B (Charles Africa, and others), "A Look at Child Labor in the Philippines." Includes page of Statistics
  • Child Workers in Asia, Homepage. Includes a list of References and links to Related Sites.
  • CNN, "Buying the Freedom of Slaves in Sudan," Dec. 20, 1997.
  • ELAC (Environmental Legal Assistance Centre), "Ban Paaling Campaign," deals with a fishing practice in the Philippines that uses young boys as slaves.
  • Human Rights Watch, "Child Labor".
  • ILO Press Release, "Child Labour Persists Around the World: More than 13 Percent of Children 10-14 Are Employed," June 10, 1996.
  • ILO Press Release, "Amsterdam Conference Targets Child Slavery, Trafficking, Prostitution and Other Intolerable Forms of Child Labour," Feb 25, 1997.
  • ILO Report, "Child Labour in Commerical Agriculture in Africa," Aug. 30, 1996. Includes case studies and a chart at the end reporting hazards facing children who work in commercial agriculture.
  • National Consumers League, "State Survey Shows Weaknesses in U.S. Child Labor Enforcement", summary of a 1997 survey done by the Child Labor Coalition in 1997. Covers illegal and/or compusory child labor in the U.S. Includes links to additional information on child labor.
  • UNICEF, site on "Child Labour."
  • U.S. Department of Labor, "The Apparel Industry and Codes of Conduct: A Solution to the International Child Labor Problem?"
  • U.S. Department of Labor, International Child Labor Program Homepage. Includes President Clinton's executive order 13126 "Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor."
  • YMCA, ECPAT, and UNICEF, "Child Prostitution: The Ultimate Abuse," report on the National Consultation on Child Prostitution, Nov. 18-20, 1995, New Delhi.

    *Most of these links were found for me by Drew Foster, in a project that he did for my course in International Economics. Thanks, Drew!