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Pakistan: HRCP warns Punjab Labour Code 2025 may undermine labour protecti
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The HRCP warns that the proposed Punjab Labour Code 2025 could weaken workers' rights, citing poor consultation, diluted protections, and loopholes on child and forced labour. The report urges Punjab's government to rewrite the code in line with ILO standards and ensure genuine worker par
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Pakistan: Sindh survey reveals 1.3 million children engaged in labour; maj
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The labour department, in partnership with UNICEF, officially launched the survey on Friday. It indicated that about two-thirds of the 1.3 million children are trapped in child labour in the agricultural sector, followed by manufacturing at 12.4 per cent and wholesale/retail trade at 10.8 pe
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Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children trapped in worst forms of lab
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children face the worst forms of labour, including forced work, sexual exploitation, and armed conflict. Flooding, disease, local conflict, and child marriage worsen the crisis, with some regions seeing up to 90 percent of children working instead of atten
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KARAM Safety reinforces commitment to eliminating child labour at PHD Cham
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 23: KARAM Safety, a leading global PPE and fall protection solutions provider, underscored its commitment to ending child labour in supply chains. Participating in the conference on Eliminating Child Labour from Uttar Pradesh: Marching U.P. towards
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"Convert or suffer": Pakistan's Christian and Hindu children trapped in fo
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Pakistan government report reveals widespread discrimination and abuse against minority children, especially Christians and Hindus. Issues include forced conversions, child marriages, and bonded labour. Despite urgent calls for reform, progress remains limited due to lack of political will
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Hyderabad Police rescue 1,247 children under Operation Muskaan XI
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Hyderabad City Police, in coordination with the Child Welfare Committee, Labour Department, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Child Line, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Juvenile Bureau (JB) Unit, and various NGOs rescued 1,247 children under Operation Muskaan XI.
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Pakistan's development rests on backs of child labourers as 1.6 million ch
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Child labour remains strongly correlated with poverty, with 33.7 per cent of the poorest households reporting at least one child in labour. Furthermore, 20.1 per cent of working children reported symptoms of depression, nearly double the rate of children not involved in labour, noted the sur
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Uttar Pradesh government adopts mission for abolishing child labour from s
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of making the state free from child labour until the year 2027.
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Delhi Police successfully rescues 21 trafficked in child labour
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A rescue operation for child labour was carried out on October 8 by the Delhi Cantonment Tehsildar in the Sadar Bazar with the help of non-governmental organization (NGO), labour department and the local police, as per officials.
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Madhya Pradesh: Railway police, VWSO rescue 14 children being trafficked f
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a joint operation, a team from Vidisha Welfare Social Organisation (VWSO) Child Help Line and Government Railway Police (GRP) rescued 14 minors from being trapped into child labour.
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18 child labourers rescued from Delhi jute factory; Case registered agains
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a major rescue operation, in coordination with Seelampur SDM, Department Of Labour, Revenue Department and 'NGO Sahyog- Care For You', 18 children between the age group of 11-17 years have been rescued. They were employed in a jute bag manufacturing factory and printing work in the area o
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NHRC issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary, Police Commissioner over res
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
According to an official release, the children were brought to Delhi from nearby states and were working in various factories.
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