14 June 2020 13:19
BWI screens "Pinky," a short film on the life of a child labourer
As part of BWI's observance of the World Day Against Child Labour, we are screening a short film titled "Pinky." The film tells the story of Pinky and the challenges she faces as a child labourer. It explores one of the many untold stories of children who are trapped in underage labour and how hope and solidarity can help them reclaim their future.Read more...
12 June 2020 08:47
On the World Day Against Child Labour, BWI and its trade union affiliates warn of a “child labour pandemic” due to the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 to many working class families who are suffering from job losses, shrinking incomes and depleting safety nets. Read more...
20 June 2016 14:09
Every year the event in Schimmert Netherlands gathers more and more children and adults to run for a child labour free world. Read more...
20 June 2016 13:44
Commemorating the World Day Against Child Labour, BWI General Secretary, Ambet Yuson called upon “All stakeholders to ensure that no child labour is used in the extraction, processing and supply of stone.” Read more...
16 May 2016 10:09
"We want to ensure all children have access to education and schooling and to improve the wages of adult workers by strengthening trade unions.Read more...
18 April 2016 13:08
"The issue of child labour continues to underline the close linkage between child labour and lack of access to quality education for children and decent work for adults." says Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of the BWI. Read more...
18 April 2016 12:59
The recent earthquake that hit Nepal on 25th April 2015 has been one of the worst earthquakes in last eight decades and claimed close to 8,500 lives and also resulted in thousands of injuries and widespread damage to houses and buildings. Read more...
18 April 2016 12:58
Urmila Kumari, an erstwhile Child Labourer now working as a Teacher at the BWI/HKMP run Belgachhi Residential Child Labour School, Bihar State Read more...
18 April 2016 12:56
Runners who want to support a good cause on Sunday, June 14th are welcome in the South Limburg Schimmert Netherlands, near the German and the Belgian border.Read more...