Articles related to "Child Labour"

It is a country's shame when a child is forced into work, but it is a bigger shame when a child dies because of that work and no one notices, not even the Government.

The textile industry especially the British textile industry played a very important role in the emergence and the subsequent development of the industrial revolution.

In Victorian England many children as young as five began working in the most appalling conditions imaginable.

The UN Global Compact is an initiative to improve the social responsibility of business. It comprises 10 principles relating to human rights, environment and labour.

Iran has a major child labour problem, but finding accurate statistics on the amount of under-aged children working in the labour field is next to impossible.

Buying cheap designer clothing not only looks great but it helps to minimise credit card debt. Are there any negatives to buying cheap clothing during the credit crunch?

Child labourers, some as young as five, are working in tobacco fields and being exposed to high levels of nicotine.

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and worked in the nineteenth century, causing the rise of modern urban living.

The miners of Potosi, Bolivia, some 9-years-old, struggle to make a living in the harsh conditions within the Cerro Rico mines with out-dated Bolivia mining techniques.

Arguably the technological and industrial innovations developed during the industrial revolution were essential for the full development of that process.

Chinese growth has been exponential the last decade. However, it is still a totalitarian society closed to many freedoms that are traditional in Western culture.

David McRobbie has written a well-plotted historical fiction thriller that will appeal to teen readers interested in Australia's convict and immigrant history.

Canada has signed a free trade deal with Jordan. The pact is expected to benefit the forestry, manufacturing, and nuclear sectors.

A very useful online resource containing information on UK mining disasters since 1600s, reports on working conditions, maps, historical photos and other mining texts.

The time period between the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 to the passing of the social welfare measures introduced by the Liberals saw notable changes,

The school holidays are around the corner. Try out these helpful ideas that will occupy the youngsters and replace nonsense video games.

Informed consumers want to buy diamonds that don't fund war and that are mined and produced ethically.

Diamonds in the form of wedding or engagement rings or any other form of jewelery are treasured and cherished items. Make sure you only buy non-conflict diamonds.

Chinese accounting, economics and business plans are no substitute for American children. Poor Asian labor & recalls are now the moral responsibility of the US Marines.

The Fairtrade initiative aims to improve the outcomes for producers in disadvantaged countries by implementing standards that support equitable trading partnerships.

Traditional business analysis frameworks such as SWOT and PEST are used to understand business challenges. InSPECT is proposed as a tool for the new business world.

New Lanark is a tourist must. View the cotton mill and model village, built in 1785, in which reformer Robert Owen improved working and living conditions for his workers.

Sir Titus Salt was a man with a vision and a social conscience. The West Yorkshire mill village of Saltaire is his enduring legacy.

Find out who won what at the 2009 Baftas, including the incredible story of Slumdog Millionaire and the academy fellowship award to Terry Gilliam.

It's a scorching 40 degrees outside. Ali, one of many child labour workers in Tehran, Iran, stands patiently at the street corner for his next customer.

Like Theodore Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson saw the President as the personal representative of the American people.

The Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has led to an extraordinary surge in demand to sponsor children from India, says the charity ActionAid.

With U S President George Bush & some world leaders refusing to fully boycott the Olympic Games, Friday's statement by President Hu Jintao hinted China remains concerned.

Sustainable communities and production methods are included n Coke's corporate social responsibility strategy.

Cynical reactions are a big problem for CSR initiatives and severely undermine the value of such efforts.

GoodCorporation undertakes audits of business practices to assess the extent and effectiveness of corporate social responsibility programs.

Following Secretary Clinton's lead, Speaker Pelosi upholds President Obama's Charm China Offensive 11 days prior to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Ivory Coast also known as Cote d'Ivoire, accounts for 40% of world's cocoa production. The region, torn by a civil war, uses cocoa profits to fund armed conflicts.

Karl Marx was a highly influential sociologist and political scientist responsible for Conflict Theory as well as The Communist Manifesto, along with Friedrich Engels.

The sixty-year period from 1900 through to 1960 witnessed major changes to the role of British women and their place within British society.