Southern African Child Labour Link: November 2007

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Some of the stories in the newsletter

SA boosts legal arsenal

The South African Children’s Amendment Bill makes the use of children to commit crime a specific offence and strengthens the country’s ability to tackle worst forms of child labour.

Organisations pick up issues of child scavenging

The “invisible” children who scavenge on waste dumps have been made visible by a study undertaken as part of the South African Child Labour Programme of Action (CLPA).

Globalisation and exploitation

The discovery that Indian children as young as 10 years were used to produce some of the GAP clothing label’s Christmas range for Europe and the US provoked heated debate on the “right” response to child labour.

Children sweat in ‘green’ project

The Times of London has exposed how Climate Care, an organisation that manages the carbon credits of Prince Charles and top British companies, is unintentionally encouraging child labour.

The creative route to change

If you believe education and the arts have the power to inspire change, you might want to attend a TECL workshop on SCREAM – “Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and Media”.

Round the region

Child labour plans: ** The goal becomes reality ** Regional dimensions of child work emerging ** It’s official: TECL programme extended.

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