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Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show 8.5 percent of children, or 1.3 million, are engaged in child labour.

Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has called for everyone across the nation to understand the issues surrounding child labour and to make sure that children are given appropriate forms of work.

2021-06-11 17:30:21 GMT2021-06-12 01:30:21(Beijing Time) Xinhua English GABORONE, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The situation of children especially those already in child labor is even more precarious due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary Stergomena Lawrence-Tax said Friday. Calling SADC member states to take a collective action to end child labor ahead of the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labor, Lawrence-Tax said the de...

Syriens Machthaber kandidiert für eine erneute Präsidentschaft. Zwei weitere Bewerber sind zugelassen, eine echte Wahl aber haben die Menschen nicht.

“Our prisons are teeming with young men serving lengthy sentences for having had sexual intercourse with adolescent girls whose consent has been held to be immaterial because they were under 18 years. The wisdom and justice of this unfolding tragedy calls for serious interrogation,” said the judges. Public forums and discussions followed, but a final report, Minimum Age of Consent for Sex: Addressing the Dilemma, recommended that the age of consent remain at 18, adding that any reduction co...

Democrat Governor of NJ Pushing for More Radical Gun Control, Hates Your Rights Ammoland Inc. Posted on New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy IMG NJ.Gov New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- On Thursday, April 15, 2021, Governor Phil “Free Stuff” Murphy announced statewide legislative and executive measures that will assault the freedoms of New Jersey citizens.  New Jersey, with the toughest laws infringing on Second Amendment rights, the new measures will do nothing to curb gun violence, just act a...

ROBUST AND CONSISTENT EFFORT BY THE FIJIAN GOVERNMENT IN TACKLING CHILD LABOUR IN FIJI 09/04/2021 The Fijian Government through the Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations in collaboration with other inter-agencies such as the Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation, Fiji Police Force and other key stakeholders have been heavily involved in the tackling of child labour cases in Fiji. The Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Yout...

  Senior Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 04 Mar 2021 02:04 AM BdST Updated: 04 Mar 2021 02:04 AM BdST A health worker prepares a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vaccination centre on Thursday, Jan 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove The government has no plans to lower the minimum age threshold to administer COVID-19 vaccine now. "); } People aged below 40 will get jab if extra doses arrive, according to Health Ministe...

On December 27th, a thirty-year-old Cambodian farm worker was found dead in a greenhouse in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province in sub-zero conditions. This is the latest incident in a series of investigations of human rights violations regarding migrant worker conditions in South Korea. The police investigation revealed the dire conditions in which the workers were living in, being forced to use the vinyl greenhouse without heating as their dormitory. They are currently evaluating the legality and lax ...

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