11 May 2005

Internet Resources

Online sources for information about child labor

 

U.S. Government

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

International Child Labor Program

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/main.htm

U.S. Department of State

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

http://www.state.gov/g/tip

International Organizations

United Nations

International Labor Organization (ILO)

International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/index.htm

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

http://www.unicef.org/protection/index.html

UNICEF

State of the World's Children 2005 Report

http://unicef.org/publications/index_24432.html

UNICEF

Childhood Under Threat: The State of the World's Children (video)

http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/povertyfeat_romania.html

World Bank

Global Child Labor Program

http://www1.worldbank.org/sp/childlabor/index.asp

Nongovernmental Organizations

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Children in the Global Economy

http://www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/globaleconomy/children.cfm

Amnesty International

Child Soldiers

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/childsoldiers-index-eng

Child Labor Coalition

http://www.stopchildlabor.org/

Stolen Childhoods: A Feature-Length Documentary on Child Labor

http://www.stolenchildhoods.org/mt/index.php

Child Workers in Asia

http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/

Chocolate Manufacturers Association

International Protocol/Global Chocolate Industry Plan to Combat Child Labor

http://www.chocolateandcocoa.org/Labour/Child/Protocol/default.asp

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

http://www.child-soldiers.org/

Daywalka Foundation

http://www.daywalka.org

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)

http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Stop Child Labor Program

http://www.fifa.com/en/fairplay/humanitariansection/0,1261,3,00.html

Global March Against Child Labor

http://globalmarch.org/index.php

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm

South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude

http://www.cridoc.net/saccs.php

The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources listed above, all of which were active as of May 2005.

From the May 2005 edition of eJournal USA

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