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Child labour challenges in Myanmar's garment sector
2016-06-08 13:39:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Widespread poverty, low rates of secondary schooling, and lax labour law enforcement are being blamed for the presence of child labour in Myanmar's garment sector, with a new report suggesting the risk factors could increase as the manufacturing sector grows.
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House committee passes child nutrition bill with block grant pilot program
2016-05-30 05:06:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. On a party-line vote, the House Education and Workforce Committee passed the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 which reauthorizes child nutrition programs including school breakfast, school lunch and summer feeding program. read more
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VIDEO: Tobacco companies 'use child labour'
2016-05-25 05:17:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farms that employ child workers.
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"SOLD" brings brutality of child sex slavery to screen
2016-04-02 00:09:29| IT Services - Topix.net
When actress Gillian Anderson chose to appear in a new movie about a Nepali girl who is unwittingly sold by her impoverished parents to an Indian brothel, her decision had nothing to do with the part, she says. Rather she was drawn to what the film, "SOLD", which opens in New York this week reveals - the exploitation of millions of girls who are sold into sexual slavery around the world.
Woman, child rescued in gas station crash, fire
2016-03-30 11:36:05| Energy - Topix.net
Several people rushed into action Tuesday when a minivan crashed into a gas pump at a Santee gas station, working together to pull the female driver and her young daughter to safety just before the vehicle was gutted by fire. The accident occurred about 1 p.m., after the motorist passed out behind the wheel due to an apparent pre-existing medical condition as she was driving by or pulling into the Chevron station in the 8800 block of North Magnolia Avenue in Santee, according to Santee Fire Department officials.
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