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Zimbabwe should align legislation to stop child labour and trafficking
03 Feb 2025 02:14 GMT
… from trafficking, especially child labour trafficking,” Mr Nkomo … unreported cases of child labour trafficking.
“Children … Child labour trafficking is rife in the tobacco industry, sugar cane industry, cotton … vulnerable to child labour trafficking through …
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In Turkmenistan, the death of a journalist lifts the veil on forced labor in cotton fields
30 Jan 2025 07:46 GMT
… declared imports of Turkmen cotton were purchased by Turkish … platform. Yet, as the Cotton Campaign points out, Turkey is … among other things, on combating child labor and low wages.
However, … actually does source its raw cotton from Turkmenistan, but said …
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Fashion brands join India fair cotton drive amid child labour concerns
14 Jan 2025 14:04 GMT
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Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many of them are children
28 Jan 2025 13:45 GMT
… themselves on being sustainable cotton suppliers: Pratibha Syntex … comes from agriculture, especially cotton, the harvesting of … the Clear Cotton initiative, aimed at combating child labor and … Inditex garments only use cotton validated by external certifiers …
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MoL continues to work assiduously to bring awareness to child labour
13 Jan 2025 10:49 GMT
… Ruimveldt Secondary, East Ruimveldt Secondary, Cotton Field Secondary, Anna Regina Multilateral … According to the ministry’s child labour advocacy mandate, its task includes … at all workplaces; executing a Child Labour Sensitisation Programme; reporting to the …
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Does Shein Use Xinjiang Cotton? It Depends.
24 Jan 2025 22:58 GMT
… whether Shein sourced its cotton from China’s controversial … owner’s cotton tested positive for unapproved cotton, lower than … is using forced or child labor is also considered an … identifiable links” between Xinjiang cotton production and forced labor, …
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Brands linked to child labour in Indian cotton
09 Jan 2025 13:17 GMT
… ;M and Inditex have sourced cotton from Indian farms which employ … the working conditions on 90 cotton farms in India’s Madhya … 2023, found “widespread use of child labour and illegal adolescent labour”.
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St. Louis’ hardscrabble newsboys played role in reforming child labor laws
01 Jan 2025 15:54 GMT
… spindles in a South Carolina cotton mill.
In 1910, he was … the country for the National Child Labor Committee, a private organization. He … in the crusade to institute child-labor laws, which wouldn't …
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Report alleges major apparel brands bought cotton grown by children in India
12 Jan 2025 05:05 GMT
… revealed "widespread use of child labour and illegal adolescent labour… revealed "widespread use of child labour and illegal adolescent labour… US Department of Labour identified child labour in cotton produced in India.
According …
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Top brands bought cotton grown by children in India, says US report
09 Jan 2025 09:12 GMT
… international clothing brands purchased cotton that was grown in … found “widespread use of child labour and illegal adolescent labour.”
… Indian businesses purchased the cotton produce from the farms … investigation. They then supplied cotton-based goods to a …