Child rights march: Partnership for progress Actors responsible for ensuring the rights of children must be determined to implement meaningful child-centred policies, further good governance, enhance investments and allocate the necessary resources for the advancement of children’s... 26 Nov, 2019
�Govt committed to ending forced labour� Kathmandu, November 20 Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has said that the government is committed to ending forced labour and human trafficking. Speaking during the inaugural session of a threeday conference... 21 Nov, 2019
Human rights education: For harmony in society Documentary films, street dramas, art, poems, folk songs and storytelling are powerful resources to create awareness about human rights. These means should help the people understand the situation more clearly and address their concerns Human rights... 24 Sep, 2019
Violence against children on the rise Kathmandu, September 15 Government today celebrated National Children’s Day, claiming that it had rescued 111 street children, who were prone to violence, from various places of Kathmandu Valley, in the past one year. Studies showed that... Horoscopes 16 Sep, 2019
Female workers subjected to forced labour Employers withhold salary of women workers as a strategy to continue their exploitation Kathmandu, August 25 Nearly 41 per cent of females working in entertainment and hospitality sector have been subjected to forced labour. A report on... Horoscopes 26 Aug, 2019
Bill proposed to end child labour in informal sector Kathmandu, August 13 The government has drafted a bill seeking an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act-2000 with stringent measures against worst forms of child labour in the country. The proposed provisions in the bill... Horoscopes 14 Aug, 2019
West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began LAGOS: Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they would put her through school. In her home town in southwest Nigeria, her mother had... Women 12 Aug, 2019
Former UN official convicted of child abuse Kavre/Kathmandu, June 11 Prosecutors said today that they would seek a 13-year jail term for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of sexually abusing two boys. Peter John Dalglish, a 60-year-old former high-profile... Travel 12 Jun, 2019
From marriage to murder, one in four robbed of childhood globally LONDON: The number of children who are married, pregnant, labourers, die violently or miss out on school has fallen by almost 30% to 690 million since 2000, when nations endorsed global development goals, the charity Save the Children said on... Women 29 May, 2019
Ending child labour: Whose concern is it? Investing in strategies that work will benefit all of us, not just children. It’s high time the government adopted a stronger approach to ending child labour. Child labour should not just be limited to protecting children from exploitation Child... 10 May, 2019
Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa NAIROBI: Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond – a Reuters analysis has found. Customs... Women 24 Apr, 2019
US ban on slave-made goods nets tiny fraction of $400 bln threat WASHINGTON: A US law banning slave-made imports has netted only $6.3 million worth of goods from artificial sweetener to garlic in three years, activists and lawmakers said, urging the government to ramp up its efforts in the global drive to stop... Women 08 Apr, 2019
