Unicef Humanitarian Action for Children 2016

Humanitarian action is at the core of UNICEF’s work, encompassing effective preparedness, early response and recovery to save lives and protect child rights. Of particular interest is the section on funding shortfalls on page 11...

Document, International ReportsUnicefMarch 28, 2016UNICEF, reportsComment

Teens of the Tobacco Fields: Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming

Teenage children too young to legally buy a pack of cigarettes are getting exposed to nicotine while they work on US tobacco farms. The US government and tobacco companies should protect everyone under 18 from hazardous work in tobacco farming

Document, US ReportsHuman Rights WatchDecember 9, 2015tobacco, pesticides, United StatesComment

Overview of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

All but one of the world's nations have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. All but the United States. It's time to change that. Read the Unicef overview of the CRC.

Document, US ReportsUnicefNovember 19, 2015ratification, cotton, United States, policyComment

Cotton Sourcing Snapshot - 2015 Addendum

Update to the 2014 Cotton Sourcing Snapshot report by the Responsible Sourcing Network

DocumentResponsible Sourcing NetworkOctober 13, 2015cotton, policyComment

Cotton Sourcing Snapshot

2014 report by the Responsible Sourcing Network on what companies are doing to keep Uzbek cotton picked with forced labor out of their supply chains.

DocumentResponsible Sourcing NetworkOctober 13, 2015cotton, policyComment

Ending Child Poverty Now

Children's Defense Fund report showing how the nation could reduce child poverty by 60 percent and lift 6.6 million children out of poverty.

Document, US ReportsChildren's Defense FundOctober 7, 2015United States, povertyComment

What...If Something Went Wrong

Human Rights Watch report on extremely dangerous child labor in artisanal gold mines in the Philippines.

Document, International ReportsHuman Rights WatchOctober 1, 2015Human Rights Watch, worst forms of child labor, gold, videoComment

As Though We Are Not Human Beings

Human Rights Watch report on treatment of refugees in Eastern Europe.

Document, International ReportsHuman Rights WatchSeptember 28, 2015Human Rights Watch, Europe, refugees, police brutality, migrantsComment

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