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Get Published on the Web!

What?

If you are secondary school student and you are interested in writing, this is your chance to get published on the web and viewed by thousands of readers in and outside the country.

How?

Share your thoughts about child labour with the outside world. With the theme, “Behind Closed Doors; Domestic Child Labour,” Write a 500-1000 word essay on child labour, send it to Cridoc on the e-mail or postal address below, and we are going to publish it on the Cridoc’s official website.

  • You must be a secondary school student, from Forms 1 to form 4.
  • You must provide us with the address of your school
  • You can include your photo (preferably a portrait) and your class.

At least 20 best essays could be compiled into a book to be entitled “Anthology of Child Labour Essays” by Malawi students, as soon as we secure funding. You must therefore ensure that the Patron of your School Writers Club (or any English teacher) has checked your article for grammar, spelling, flow, etcetera, before it is sent.

Address:

Child Rights Information & Documentation Centre (CRIDOC)
Association for Elimination of Child Labour (AECL)
P. O. Box 30791,
Lilongwe, Malawi

Email: contact@cridoc.net, aecl@africa-online.net
Website: www.cridoc.net

 

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New ILO report highlights plight of Child Labour

GENEVA (ILO News) – Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more – mostly girls – in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence, according to a new report issued today by the International Labour Office (ILO). [Read on]

A broader perceptive on domestic Child Labour

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) under its special programme dubbed International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), established the World Day in 2002 to highlight global efforts against child labour as a means of raising the visibility of the problem, particularly its worst forms. [Read on]

The "Red Card" campaign diary

The Real Madrid football club and the International Labour Organization (ILO) teamed up to raise a "Red card" to the child labour in its worst forms - a practice that traps one of every eight children - or some 180 million worldwide - in exploitative, often dangerous work. [Read on]

Football and Child Labour

ILO/IPEC teamed up with the African Football Federation to launch a global campaign against child labour at the African Cup of Nations, 2002. It aims to use the world's most popular sport to mobilise public opinion against child labour. [Read on]

The untold tale of an orphan centre that attempted to avert Child Labour, street looting

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