>From: "Mrs. Jela Jovanovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "crashlist@lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Global March Against Child Labour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >REPORT EXPOSES GLOBAL SPREAD OF CHILD LABOUR > >New Delhi, November 20 - A report released today by the Global >March Against Child Labour shows the shocking exploitation of >children in almost every part of the world. From rich country >to poor, there seems to be no escape for children suffering in >the worst forms of child labour. > >Issued a day after ILO Convention 182 comes into legal force, >the report presents a clear and urgent agenda to the world community. > It is the first ever comprehensive country-by-country review >of the problems of child slavery, child prostitution, child soldiers, >and other hazardous child labour. > >The Global March will be looking for governments, international >agencies, and ordinary people to use the information in "Out >of the Shadows: A Worldwide Report on the Worst Forms of Child >Labour" to initiate concrete programs to protect children. With >thousands of partners in 140 countries, the Global March is the >single largest movement on behalf of the world's 250 million >child labourers. The movement was instrumental in the establishment >of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. > >"We did not march 80,000 km just to have nice words put on a >piece of paper. We are determined to see that these promises >make a real difference in the lives of exploited children," said >Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson of the Global March. "This report >is the voice of millions of children calling for help." > >"Out of the Shadows", is now available online through the website, >"www.globalmarch.org". Some of the disturbing data in the report >includes: > > * 5,000 children between 6 and 14 years of age were recently >found in secret and illegal workshops in Guatemala City. They >were being used for the manufacture of fireworks and other explosive >products. > > * Half of the prostitutes on the streets of Sudbury, Canada >are under 15 years old, and some are as young as 11. > > * 3,000 Albanian children have been trafficked to Italy >and Greece to be used for begging and cleaning windows and cars >without pay. > > * An estimated 400,000 children under 15 are working as >full-time domestic servants in Jakarta, Indonesia. > > * In a single district of Uganda, 4,000 children have been >abducted to fight as child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance >Army. > >The report not only documents the situation in every single country, >but also shows what can and is being done against child labour. >The report suggests many constructive steps that governments, >businesses, trade unions, NGOs, and children themselves can take >to address the problem. It also reviews the efforts that governments >have made since the unanimous adoption of Convention 182 in June >of last year. The report will be an invaluable tool for everyone >working towards a world free of child exploitation. > >ENDS > >For more information, please contact: > >Global March International Secretariat >Address: L-6 Kalkaji, New Delhi-19, INDIA >Telephone: (91 11) 622-4899, 647-5481 >Fax: (91 11) 623-6818 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Website: www.globalmarch.org > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >DISTRIBUTED BY THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS E-GROUP >List Owner: Asia Pacific Forum Of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ), >PO Box26,434/3-Sri jayawardenapura,SRI LANKA.<http://www.oneworld.org/slejf> >phone:(+94-1)829519(4 lines)Fax:(+94-1)826607 Email:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Post message; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Unsubscribe;<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive; http://www.egroups.com/group/environmentaljournalists >__________________________________________________________________________ > > > >-- > ------------- * ENWL (English) * -------- > Ecological North West Line * St. Petersburg, Russia > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.enwl.net.ru > ----------------------------------------------- > > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff><BR>Reply-To: "Global March Against Child Labour" <<A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>><BR><BR>REPO >RT >EXPOSES GLOBAL SPREAD OF CHILD LABOUR<BR><BR>New Delhi, November 20 - A report >released today by the Global<BR>March Against Child Labour shows the shocking >exploitation of<BR>children in almost every part of the world. From rich >country<BR>to poor, there seems to be no escape for children suffering >in<BR>the >worst forms of child labour.<BR><BR>Issued a day after ILO Convention 182 >comes >into legal force,<BR>the report presents a clear and urgent agenda to the >world >community.<BR> It is the first ever comprehensive country-by-country >review<BR>of the problems of child slavery, child prostitution, child >soldiers,<BR>and other hazardous child labour.<BR><BR>The Global March will be >looking for governments, international<BR>agencies, and ordinary people to use >the information in "Out<BR>of the Shadows: A Worldwide Report on the Worst >Forms >of Child<BR>Labour" to initiate concrete programs to protect children. >With<BR>thousands of partners in 140 countries, the Global March is >the<BR>single largest movement on behalf of the world's 250 million<BR>child >labourers. The movement was instrumental in the establishment<BR>of ILO >Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.<BR><BR>"We did not march >80,000 km just to have nice words put on a<BR>piece of paper. We are >determined to see that these promises<BR>make a real difference in the lives >of >exploited children," said<BR>Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson of the Global >March. >"This report<BR>is the voice of millions of children calling for >help."<BR><BR>"Out of the Shadows", is now available online through the >website,<BR>"<A >href='http://www.globalmarch.org"'>www.globalmarch.org"</A>. Some of the >disturbing data in the report<BR>includes:<BR><BR> * >5,000 children between 6 and 14 years of age were recently<BR>found in secret >and illegal workshops in Guatemala City. They<BR>were being used for the >manufacture of fireworks and other >explosive<BR>products.<BR><BR> * Half of the >prostitutes >on the streets of Sudbury, Canada<BR>are under 15 years old, and some are as >young as 11.<BR><BR> * 3,000 Albanian children have >been >trafficked to Italy<BR>and Greece to be used for begging and cleaning windows >and cars<BR>without pay.<BR><BR> * An estimated >400,000 >children under 15 are working as<BR>full-time domestic servants in Jakarta, >Indonesia.<BR><BR> * In a single district of Uganda, >4,000 children have been<BR>abducted to fight as child soldiers in the Lord's >Resistance<BR>Army.<BR><BR>The report not only documents the situation in >every >single country,<BR>but also shows what can and is being done against child >labour.<BR>The report suggests many constructive steps that >governments,<BR>businesses, trade unions, NGOs, and children themselves can >take<BR>to address the problem. It also reviews the efforts that >governments<BR>have made since the unanimous adoption of Convention 182 in >June<BR>of last year. The report will be an invaluable tool for >everyone<BR>working towards a world free of child >exploitation.<BR><BR>ENDS<BR><BR>For more information, please >contact:<BR><BR>Global March International Secretariat<BR>Address: L-6 >Kalkaji, New Delhi-19, INDIA<BR>Telephone: (91 11) >622-4899, >647-5481<BR>Fax: >(91 >11) 623-6818<BR>E-mail: <A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>, <A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A><BR>Websit >e: ><A >href="http://www.globalmarch.org">www.globalmarch.org</A><BR><BR><BR>__________ >_________________________________________________________________<BR>DISTRIBUTE >D >BY THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS E-GROUP<BR>List Owner: Asia Pacific >Forum >Of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ),<BR>PO Box26,434/3-Sri jayawardenapura,SRI >LANKA.<<A >href="http://www.oneworld.org/slejf">http://www.oneworld.org/slejf</A>><BR>p >hone:(+94-1)829519(4 >lines)Fax:(+94-1)826607 Email:<<A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>><BR>Post >message; <<A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">environmentaljournalists@egr >oups.com</A>><BR>List-Unsubscribe;<<A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">environmentaljou >[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>><BR>Archive; ><A >href="http://www.egroups.com/group/environmentaljournalists">http://www.egroups >.com/group/environmentaljournalists</A> >__________________________________________________________________________<BR>< >BR><BR><BR>-- ><BR> &nb >sp; >------------- * ENWL (English) * >--------<BR> >Ecological North West Line * St. Petersburg, >Russia<BR> E-mail: ><A href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> <A >href="http://www.enwl.net.ru">http://www.enwl.net.ru</A><BR> & >nbsp; >-----------------------------------------------<BR></BODY></HTML> > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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