ACT NOW TO END CHILD LABOR!

It’s been a busy summer for ILRF and we have made great strides towards the goal of eliminating child labor worldwide. Click on the links below to find out what YOU can do to help stop child labor. Your support and activism have already helped us achieve so much, and we need you to stay involved to ensure future success!

International Labor Rights Forum
 
 

SIGN THIS PETITION to end forced child labor in the production of Uzbek cotton!

Photo Credit:
Environmental Justice Foundation 

 


 

URGENT ACTION: SIGN THE PETITION NOW to Stop Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan's Cotton Fields!

 

Photo Credit: Environmental Justice Foundation


As the harvest season for cotton in Uzbekistan begins, children are once again removed from schools across the country and forced to pick cotton.  ILRF has teamed up with the American Federation of Teachers and a broad range of organizations in the US and Central Asia to call for an end to forced child labor in Uzbekistan. Take action by October 2nd to tell the Uzbek government that you will not stand for such egregious human rights abuses!  All supporters who sign the petition by October 2nd will have their names displayed on a quilt in DC on October 14th.  If you are interested in taking part in local actions in the Washington, DC area to support this campaign, please send an e-mail to volunteer@ilrf.org.

 

DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR REVERSE TRICK-OR-TREATING!

 

This Halloween, ILRF is joining organizations across the country in supporting the third annual “Reverse Trick-or-Treating." As part of this activity, thousands of young people will hand out information about child labor and forced labor in West Africa's cocoa industry and give Fair Trade chocolate to the houses where they go trick-or-treating. You can order your kit online here: www.ReverseTrickOrTreating.org. The deadline to register for groups is October 1 and for individuals is October 13. Order today and don’t forget to note in your registration form that you heard about it from ILRF!

 

ILRF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BAMA ATHREYA, APPOINTED TO SPECIAL US GOVERNMENT ADVISORY GROUP ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR

 
After 20+ years of working with workers and grassroots organization around the world to end child labor, Bama Athreya, Executive Director of ILRF, was appointed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to the Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products on September 23, 2009.  Ms. Athreya has been a relentless champion of children’s rights and has led ILRF to major achievements such as successfully convincing the Department of Labor to include cocoa, cotton, rubber, soccer balls and tobacco in its list of goods that are believed to have been produced with child labor.  ILRF is thrilled to be a part of this new group, and looks forward to collaborating with other stakeholders toward the ultimate goal of eliminating forced labor and child labor in global commerce.  To learn more about the group, please click here.


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