CHILD LABOUR: 'Understanding Bonded Child Labour in Asia'

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[BANGKOK, 10 April 2007] - Work to end the system and practice of bonded labour has been a focus of past social movements and reforms, and is carried forward today by international agencies, non-governmental organisations and new social movements.

While those working against it have evolved a more robust and interlinked civil society, and have had numerous successes in pushing for legislation against such systems, the bondage of children continues to be an extensive and inadequately addressed problem throughout Asia.

Members of Child Workers in Asia are among the many civil society organisations who have been working over the years to ensure that children are not deprived of their rights, and that their concerns are brought to the centre of policy making at all levels.

The purpose of this document is to present an overview of our understanding of bonded child labour, the nature and focus of effective interventions, and the challenges that need to be addressed. This document also strives to present useful information on incidence and legal frameworks that activists and NGOs can use to supplement existing work on bondage, or to begin working on their own or with others on this issue.

Further information

 

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/CWA_ UnderstandingBondedChildLabour.pdf

Organisation: 
Child Workers in Asia
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/CWA_ UnderstandingBondedChildLabour.pdf
Link : 
http://www.crin.org/docs/CWA_%20UnderstandingBondedChildLabour.pdf

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