January 06, 2025 04:06 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Bharatiya Janata Party releases first list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls, fields Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma against Kejriwal | Firecracker unit explosion in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar kills 6 | Body of independent journalist, who went missing on Jan 1, found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh | Delhi: 14-year-old student stabbed to death outside school after brawl with classmate | Rohit Sharma confirms he is not retiring amid speculations after skipping Sydney Test | India objects to China's 'new counties' announcement, says parts of these come under Ladakh | No cause for alarm over HMPV virus spread in China: Indian Health Agency | PM Modi gives a call for change in Delhi launching fierce attack on Arvind Kejriwal's AAP | Quran open to passage glorifying violence, bomb-making materials tracked in New Orleans attacker Shamshud-Din Jabbar's home | Jasprit Bumrah leads India in series decider after Rohit Sharma opts to rest in Sydney Test amid poor show with willow
On International Day, UN spotlights need to combat forced labour, particularly of children

On International Day, UN spotlights need to combat forced labour, particularly of children

Dec 03, 2016, at 02:04 pm

New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): Noting that the number of children engaged in the worst forms of child labour has decreased and frameworks to tackle contemporary slavery and trafficking have expanded, senior United Nations officials, including the Secretary-General and the head of the UN labour agency, on Friday called for concerted action to save those who remain trapped in extreme exploitation, abuse and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence.