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Uzbekistan: no systematic child labour but still forced labour

While a World Bank report found that there was no systematic use of child labour during the 2015 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, forced labour associated with the widespread organised recruitment of adults remains a concern. The World Bank published the findings of its Third Party Monitoring of the use of child and forced labor during the 2015...

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Cambodia steps up efforts against child labor

The International Labour Organization (ILO), Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) are coming together to step up efforts to stop child labour in the Cambodian garment industry. The three industry bodies plan to sign an agreement aimed at abolishing child labour once and for all. The...

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Textile industry: child labor still common

Around 168 million children are still working worldwide and of those, 85 million in hazardous conditions, so the latest 900-page report “Findings on the worst forms of child labor” by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Unfortunately, the textile and garment industry is one of the sectors that keeps resorting to...