ADOLESCENT FARMWORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES: ENDANGERMENT AND EXPLOITATION.
2004 <http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/frmwrkr/frmwrk006-02.htm#P269_31143> - This site discusses farm work for children in the United States and discusses regulations and other related topics.
Anti-Slavery Society: Bonded Child Labor. 2003 <http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/bclab.htm> - This is an organization against all types of "modern slavery." They had a section on Bonded Child Labor, which helped in writing the Bonded Child Labor section.
Appendix A: ILO Convention 138. <http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/sweat2/appendix1.htm> - This is the International Labor Organization's official site for their international Convention 138 which discusses the minimum age for several occupations.
Bachman, Sally, Journalist. Telephone Interview. 9 January 2004. - Sally Bachman is a journalist who writes articles about child labor. We interviewed her over the phone to write the interview section of the website.
Bachman, Sally. (2004, January 11, 11:23 PM). [E-Mail to Asif], [On-Line].
Available E-Mail: (e-mail not shown due to ThinkQuest site requirements) - This email from Sally Bachman described some solutions at many levels: International, National and Local.
Bachman, Sally. (2004, January 11, 11:29 PM). [E-Mail to Asif], [On-Line].
Available E-Mail: (e-mail not shown due to ThinkQuest site requirements) - This email from Sally Bachman discussed statistics on child labor.
- This email from Sally Bachman discussed statistics on child labor.
Bachman, Sally. Child Labor: Frequently Asked Questions. <http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/childlabor.html> - This is an FAQ by Sally Bachman appears on the site of one of the organizations she works for. (Global Village: Photography for a Social Change.) The FAQ discusses many things regarding child labor including why it occurs, possible solutions, and what it is.
Bachman, Sally. Yahoo! Groups: childlabor - Child Labor, Workers, Labor of
Love Project. 2003 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childlabor/message/1> - This is a Yahoo.com group led by Sally Bachman. It publishes a newsletter roughly once a month on child labor issues and news.
Bangladesh: An Entire Industry Bans Child Labor. <http://www.sdnpbd.org/sdi/international_day/childrens_day/bd&childlabor.htm#2> - This webpage discusses how US legislation and efforts by many international organizations forced the Bangladeshi garment industry to completely remove all child laborers from their staff and rehabilitate them.
Barboza, David. "Phom Penh Journal; Children Scavenge a Life, of Sorts, in
the Garbage." The New York Times 25 August 2003, national ed. - This site discussed child trash collectors in Cambodia's capital.
Becker, Jo. If the U.S. Opposes Child Labor, Why not Child Soldiers?
1999 <http://www.hrw.org/editorials/1999/child-soldier-jo.htm> - This is an article about the United States's stance on child soldiers versus its stance on other forms of child labor.
Child Labor in Agriculture. <http://www.fieldsofhope.org/> - This site is an exceptionally good website on child labor in agriculture with information on virtually every aspect.
Child Workers in Asia. <http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/> - This is a site all about child labor in Asia, and it has lots of information on specific countries in Asia.
Children's Rights: Child Labor. 2004 <http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm> - This is the HRW site on child labor in general and it offers great publications on child labor in specific countries.
Children's Rights: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. 2004 <http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm> - This is the HRW site about child soldiers being used around the world.
Corbett, Sara. "The Lost Boys of Sudan; The Long, Long, Long Road to Fargo."
The New York Times 1 April 2001, national ed. - This is a New York Times article on some boys from Sudan, (in Africa), who were affected by civil war there and eventually came to the United States to be rehabilitated.
Dugger, Celia W. "To Help Poor be Pupils, not Wage Earners, Brazil Pays
Parents." The New York Times 3 January 2004, national ed.:A1
Emerson, Patrick M. and Souza, Andre P. Inter-Generational Persistence of
Child Labor. <http://econ.cudenver.edu/emerson/childlabor/chapter.PDF> - This is a New York Times article about a Brazillian program designed to help eliminate child labor.
Fact Sheet: Helping to Eliminate Child Labor in Bangladesh. <http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/pk1/wwwhp050.html> - This is an article about President Clinton's efforts to eliminate child labor Bangladesh.
Fleischman, Janet. Easy Prey: Child Soldiers in Liberia. 2004 <http://www.hrw.org/reports/1994/liberia2/> - This is an HRW publication on the use of child soldiers in the African country of Liberia.
French, Larry. Child Labor and International Business Ethics: The case of
the Brazilian Shoe Industry. <http://www.nvc.vt.edu/lfrench/academychildlabor2002B.htm> - This site discusses child labor ethics focusing on the Brazillian shoe industry.
Global March Against Child Labor. 2003 <http://globalmarch.org/index.php> - GlobalMarch.org is a site dedicated to stopping exploitative child labor. They have lots of high quality information on their site.
Hemenway, Derek. Street Children and Education: Cross-cultural Comparisons
and Program Implications. <http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~dhh4266/St._children.htm> - This site discusses programs designed to get child laborers working on the streets rehabilitated.
Heppner, Kevin. My Gun was as Tall as Me. 2004 <http://hrw.org/reports/2002/burma/> - This publication discusses a story of a child soldier in Africa.
Hossain, Mohammad. Child Labour in Bangladesh: Magnitude, Trends, and
Features. <http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/booklet/Bangladesh.htm> - This webpage gave a lot of information on Child Labor in Bangladesh as well as many tables and statistics on it.
HRW: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - Press Releases. 2004 <http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/news.php> - This HRW site contains press releases about child soldiers.
Images of Child Labor. <http://www.childlabor.org/images/> - This has links to a multitude of proffessional websites containing many photos of child labor.
James, Deborah. Child Labor and Coffee. 2002 <http://vaxpower.org/~toups/national/1332.html> - This site discusses the use of child laborers in the coffee industry in South America.
Kahn, Joseph. "Chinese Girls' Toil Brings Pain, not Riches." The New York
Times 2 October, 2002, national ed.:A12 - This New York Times article tells the story of two Chinese girls who worked in a fake eyelash factory.
Kitchen, Michael. Child Labor: Education and Development as a Solution.
2002 <http://www.rghr.net/mainfile.php/0421/275/> - This site discusses the use of education as a solution to the child labor problem.
Labors of Love. 2001 <http://www.childlabor.org/frames.html> - This site was made by Sally Bachman and several other people. It is about child labor.
Landesman, Peter. "Sex Slaves on Main Street." The New York Times Magazine
Living In Dream Time. <http://emekah.diaryland.com/childlabor.html> - This site argues that child labor is good because many American kids don't do anything important anyway.
Mayell, Hillary. "West African Countries Mobilize Against Child Slavery."
National Geographic 24 April 2001 - This site discusses slavery in children in West African countries.
McKenzie, Glenn. "In Nigeria, Desperate Boys Enter Child Trade." The New York
Times 24 October 2003, national ed.:A16 - This New York Times article dicusses the plight of two desperate boys involved in child labor.
Onishi, Norimitsu. "The Bondage of Poverty that Produces Chocolate." The New
York Times 29 July 2001, national ed. - This article discusses child labor's relationship to chocolate.
Roache, Cristina ed. Child Labor in Carpet Industry to be Discussed.
2000. <http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ats/Nov9/nov9_07.html> - This site gives information about how child labor is used in the carpet industry.
Shailor, Barbara. "Bangladesh Sweatshops." The New York Times 29 April 2001,
national ed.:D16 - This site dicusses sweatshop work in Bangladesh.
The KhmerConnection Communities: Child Labor. 2002 <http://www.khmer.cc/community/t.c?b=2&t=91> - This is a blog site that discusses child labor from many people around the world.
The Small Hands of Slavery: Bonded Child Labor in India. <http://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/India3.htm> - This is an HRW publication on child labor in many Indian industry.
U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wage Laws in the States. <http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm> - This DOL site discusses the minimum wage laws in states around America.
Unicef: Convention on the Rights of the Child. <http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm> - This UNICEF site talks about the U.N. vonention on the rights of the child.
Weiner, Tim."At 14, a Liberian War Veteran Dreams of Finding a Way Home" The New York Times 25 August 2003, national ed. - This article talks about a child soldier in Liberia
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