Child labor and human rights : making children matter / edited by Burns H. Weston
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Viva Books, 2007. Description: xxv, 541 p. : 25 cmISBN: 8130904209DDC classification: 331.31 CHI
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Content includes
Part 1 Clarifying the problem
Rethinking child labor: a multidimensional human rights problem
Defining child labor as if human rights matter
Child labor and the rights of children: historical patterns of decline and persistence
Part 2 The standards-based response of the world community
Child labor standards: from treaties to labels
Translating standards into practice: confronting transnational barriers
Translating standards into practice: confronting local barriers
Part 3 Case studies
Combating child labor in Tanzania: a beginning
Combating child labor in the Philippines: listening to children
Combating child labor in Brazil: social movements in action
Part 4 Toward progressive change
Abolishing child labor: a multifaceted human rights solution
Conceiving child labor in human rights terms: can it mobilize progressive change?
Working children as change-makers: perspectives from the South
Shifting positions on child labor: the views and practice of intergovernmental organizations
Nongovernmental organizations in the struggle against child labor
Earning and learning: tensions and compatibility
Trade-based strategies for combating child labor
Part 5 Conclusion : Contributors' consensus
Bringing human rights to child labor: guiding principles and call to action
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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