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JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TO TACKLE CHILD LABOUR ISSUES
Arabic/Nat
The Jordanian government is hoping to tackle one of the country's thorny social issues -- child labour -- by trying to curb people 'dealing' in underage street workers.
With about half of the population earning a low income,...
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Children work in dangerous tobacco industry
Sitting outside her home in this poor town in eastern India, Sagira drops in flakes of tobacco, packs them with her thumbs, rolls the leaf tightly between her fingers and ties it off with two twists of a red thread.
Sagira is 11 years...
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PAKISTAN: CHILDREN FORCED TO WORK TO MAKE ENDS MEET
Urdu/Nat
Children in Pakistan are still seen working in dangerous conditions for very little pay even though laws have been passed to clamp down on child labour.
Millions of children from poor families in the country do not have the...
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PERU: I.L.O - ACTION OVER CHILD LABOUR/ PROSTITUTION
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The International Labour Organisation is calling for urgent action to be taken to stem the ever increasing tide of child labour and prostitution.
Around the world an estimated 250 (m) million 5 to 14 year olds are...
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INDIA: ACTIVISTS TRY TO REDUCE INSTANCES OF CHILD LABOUR
Hindi/English/Nat
Anti-child labour groups around the world are planning demonstrations for Thursday to kick off a global march against child labour planned for 1998.
Among those countries that will see demonstrations are South Africa,...
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USA: WASHINGTON: LEGISLATION TO CRACKDOWN ON WORLDWIDE CHILD LABOUR
English/Nat
The U-S House of Representatives has prepared legislation it hopes could help crackdown on growing child labour problems worldwide.
Witnesses, testifying in support of the International Child Labor Elimination Act, painted ...
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BRAZIL: THREE MILLION IN CHILD LABOUR SCANDAL
Portuguese/Nat
Over 60 (m) million children worldwide are engaged in intolerable forms of labour.
In Brazil this figure reaches a staggering 3 (m) million.
But now, in the country's northeast, a child eradication project being run in...
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INDIA: ELECTIONS
Hindi/Nat
The people of four Indian states have gone to the polls to elect their provincial governments in what is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Vajpayee's eight month old coalition government.
The polls are also crucial...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: REPORT ON CHILD LABOUR
Spanish/Nat
The United Nations development arm, UNICEF, wants to eliminate child labour in Latin American and Caribbean countries and enable those children to return to school.
Throughout Latin America children as young as five walk the...
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Syrian refugees living rough outside refugees camp
Syrian refugee children - some as young as four - play barefoot in the dust of the Jordan Valley.
Some slide down a gravel hill on a torn-up plastic bucket near a rubbish dump.
Few of the children attend school, and most work in the...
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EGYPT: CHILD LABOUR CONFERENCE
Eng/Nat
More than ten million children in the Arab world are believed to be working instead of going to school.
A four day conference on child labour ended today (Thursday) in Cairo with several recommendations. But it seems that...
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A look at child labour trafficking in the Philippines
Manila, 10 June 2003
1. Passenger ship docked at Manila harbour
2. Passengers disembarking from ship
3. People waiting outside harbour gate
4. Social workers from Visayan Forum Foundation looking as passengers come out
5. Wide shot ship...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (2)
English/Nat
Appearing upbeat in the face of controversy, President Clinton sought to reassert his leadership in a crucial State of the Union address in Washington on Tuesday.
In a wide ranging speech, he warned Iraqi leader Saddam...
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Agreement made on child labour
1. Wide shot poor neighbourhood
2. Medium shot poor neighbourhood
3. Children playing outdoors
4. Wide shot children playing
5. Woman with children at shack
6. Wide shot woman with children at shack
7. Shoe-cleaning child
8. Close up...
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President says trade deal lets US write the rules
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTPOOL- AP CLIENTS ONLYBeaverton, Oregon - 8 May 20151. US President Barack Obama walking on stage at Nike headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:"We have to make sure...
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Children abandon education to earn money for families
Children in Gaza are being forced to quit school and go to work to support their families.
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) says it's a result of turmoil in the region.
Alaa Dogmush cleans vehicles at a car...
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India's first newspaper for the vast rural population
An Indian newspaper is standing out from the crowd by offering a specialised service for rural areas, including people who can't read.
The weekly 'Gaon Connection' caters to the country's large farming community and has also introduced...
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Attempts to curb child labour in Myanmar ++REPLAY++
Yangon, Myanmar - 1 September 2012
1. Wide of lines of workers going to and from ship carrying baskets for unloading gravel
2. Mid of lines of people carrying gravel from ship in baskets
3. Close of people carrying stone gravel in...
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Lost childhoods as young people are sent to work
EGYPT CHILD LABOURSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: MIDDLE EAST EXTRA CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5:12SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionAl-Menofeya - 12 June 20161. Various of 11-year-old tuk-tuk driver Abdel-Rahman Yasser driving 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic)...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : H&M NEXT found Syrian child labour in Turkey suppliers
CLEAN : H&M NEXT found Syrian child labour in Turkey suppliers
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Liberia's rubber industry bounces back, defends record
VOICED: Liberia's rubber industry bounces back, defends record
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War causes rise in child labour
YEMEN CHILD LABOURSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: MIDDLE EAST EXTRA CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 3:56SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionIbb, Yemen - 5 December 20161. Various of Omar Taher, child street vendor, carrying bags 2. Omar walking with his...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Ivory Coast's cocoa sector faces relentless struggle with child labour
Ivory Coast the world's top cocoa producer is facing mounting demand from Western consumers for ethical chocolate a product that is ecologically sound and made without child labour (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Former Child Stars Are Fighting For Labor Reform In Entertainment
Former Disney Channel actress Christy Carlson Romano shares why she's advocating for child labor reform in entertainment.