Sentences with phrase «from child labour»

Bridge schools support children rescued from child labour, mainly from garment factories, and provide them with an education and a fresh start.

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First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.

In the U.K., the pension - fund fee cap proposal came not, as you might imagine, from the left - wing Labour party; rather, it was the brain - child of the right - wing Tories.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

Our children are packed into schools like sardines, surgeries are cancelled for lack of beds, seniors die from mistreatment, labour unions and universities are gutted and our health and environment are degraded because the government won't enforce the law.

Shaun Wright was a Labour councillor for Rotherham, responsible for children's services in the town from 2005 to 2010.

Gary: To do a thing apart from His Spirit is just self works: It is not in and by The Faith of the Son of God: Paul said; he lives by the Faith of the Son of God, that comes with the in workings of the Holy Spirit: Even as Paul says; follow me as am of Christ: This was Paul commission: Little Children I labour in birth again until Christ be formed in you, this takes us from self works into the in workings of the Holy Spirit, that we too are conformed into the image and likeness of Christ, as Christ is formed in us: Even as it was with Peter's commission, Peter when thouest is converted convert thine brethren: But we can see many left Jesus and Paul when it can time for the strong meat to be had: So too is it in each generation: The great falling away, that only the faithful remain: Thank - you Gary; In Jesus name Alexandria: P.S. if Peter or Jesus or Paul would stand here today in your presence and speak forth what they spoke forth then, would you truly receive them??? Now it is the Christ in us that comes forth to minister the Words of the Lord through others as they: That is why Christ is not divided, those of the same Spirit will know because we speak the same things in and by His Holy Spirit:

«Consumers should reward companies with ethical integrity in their supply chains and continue to demand that worlds largest chocolate companies answer the question of how consumers can be assured their chocolate is not produced using exploited child labour,» says Tim Newman from ILRF's campaigns department.

Whilst we do not have rigorous evaluation evidence of the effectiveness of Ecole des Maris, testimony from the men involved, and from pregnant women and new mothers, indicates that the scheme has transformed attitudes towards healthcare, as well as substantially increasing the rates of attended labour in a country where maternal and child death rates at birth remain high.

Information for the submission was drawn from Baby Milk Action (marketing of breastmilk substitutes, water pumping in São Lourenço, Brazil), International Labor Rights Forum (child slavery and labour in the cocoa supply chain, Labour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farlabour in the cocoa supply chain, Labour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farLabour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farLabour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farmers).

There was never a golden era when childbirth was celebrated by women and children skipping merrily in and out of the labour room; women have always, in all cultures, treated childbirth as something that is kept hidden from the men and children.

While HIV can pass from a mother to her child during pregnancy, labour or delivery, and also through breast - milk, the evidence on HIV and infant feeding shows that giving antiretroviral treatment (ART) to mothers living with HIV significantly reduces the risk of transmission through breastfeeding and also improves her health.

These include the use of child labour, sourcing chocolate from cacao farms which use slave labour, stealing rural water resources in the United States, marketing formula with questionable and sometimes outright illegal claims, etc etc..

«This powerful intervention from doctors and health professionals underlines the compelling case for protecting children from smoking in cars,» Labour shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said.

Margaret begins an investigation that takes her to Australia, where she meets other adults who, as children, were taken from care to a life of institutions and forced labour on the other side of the world.

«After her big idea to cram more toddlers into the same nurseries had to be dropped, Liz Truss has had to resort to stealing Labour ideas from 2005,» shadow children's minister Sharon Hodgson said.

Labour leader Ed Miliband highlighted the issue in his response to the Queen's Speech when he pointed out former health secretary Andrew Lansley had said he thought children ought to be «protected from the start» from «glitzy designs on packets».

Apparently labour introduced an increase of pension age to 65 in 1995 but failed to inform the women of the 50's who would be most directly affected, the government failed its legal duty to inform all women personally of this change, they tried to get away with this by stating they didn't have any current details, except they forget that they have all details from PAYE, us women still received all our NI demands and self - assessments as well as any tax or child benefit details, so they do have out details, they just failed to carry out this legal action.

Jackie Ashley wrote, «if there have to be cuts, then taking away child benefit from the better off, and the winter fuel payment from richer pensioners, would seem sensible ideas and are on Labour's agenda.»

Hammersmith Labour MP Andy Slaughter harangues Nick Clegg on his visit to a children's centre which is losing funding from the local council and may be closed.

A full turn - out of Labour MPs would have prevented the government from blocking amendment to help child refugees

Labour is distancing itself from a proposal by the party's policy review chief Jon Cruddas that benefit claimants could be forced to give their children the MMR vaccination - or face losing their payouts.

Speaking at a Flying Start centre in Pembrokeshire First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said the number of children benefitting from Flying Start provision under Labour in Wales had increased from 18,000 to 33,000 contrasting with cuts by the Tories to Sure Start in England which has seen 720 centres close and the loss of 40,000 childcare places.

In July this year, Nick Clegg denounced the Labour government for perpetrating a «moral outrage» by holding over 1,000 children in detention while awaiting removal from the UK in 2009.

In January 2016, McGovern resigned from Labour's policy review on child poverty and combating inequality, as a protest against Progress being described by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell as having «a hard right agenda».

I also await answers to my other questions: when did Labour agree to oppose any review of mandatory life sentences for murder, and when did we decide that children should have lessons on «responsible gambling», part - funded by GamCare, which in turn gets its money from the gambling industry?

It could well be, as Iain Martin has suggested, that Labour are choosing to stand back and let the Tories face the not inconsiderable opposition from their own party, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and others, before weighing in with their own defence of universal benefits, and universal child benefit in particular.

More than a million children and their families will benefit from Labour plans for universal provision of 30 hours of free childcare a week for all two to four - year - olds.

79 % of Labour voters and 83 % of all voters back the principle of removing child benefit from the highest earners — why would they be depressed?

The Labour MP, who recently separated from his wife, said he was in no doubt that his campaigning against child abuse had affected his marriage:

«But today, after accepting an offer last week to help improve education for some of the poorest children in the world, I am resigning from my position as Labour leader in Scotland with immediate effect.»

Protection of child refugees to be debated by Labour conference on Wednesday in hope of speeding arrival of lone children from Calais in UK

What does the revelation that the late Labour minister and good guy Malcolm Wicks saved child benefit from a Labour government cut in 1976 have to do with the row over Lord Rennard's refusal to apologise to female Lib Dem activists whom he is alleged to have harassed?

Ministers all but admitted that Labour had abandoned the 2010 goal of halving child deprivation from the 3.4 m total at the turn of the millennium but insisted that the party was committed to abolishing it entirely by 2020.

The report was commissioned by the UK Government and produced by a group chaired by former Labour Minister Alan Milburn said that is was «especially concerned» that a smaller proportion of Welsh children who receive free school meals achieve five good GCSEs (26 %) compared to children from similar backgrounds in England (38 %).

He was the Executive Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing for Cardiff Council from 2004 - 2011, responsible for the largest social services department in Wales, and successfully leading children's services out of special measures following a damning Joint Review of the Labour Council's previous management and performance.

The assembly member Carl Sargeant served as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children 19 May 2016 until his resignation on 3 November 2017 following his suspension from the Labour Party due to «shocking and distressing» allegations about his personal behaviour.

There will be under the Conservatives more child poverty now than in the Thatcher years, creating a Britain more divided, more stratified, more polarised and more segregated, in which the advances made in thirteen years of Labour government are to be reversed in just five years from now to 2020.

The analysis suggests that a full Labour turn out would have won the vote and allowed 3,000 extra refugee children to come to the UK from Europe.

A full turn - out of Labour MPs would have prevented the government from blocking efforts at helping child refugees, according to an early analysis of last night's Commons vote.

The amendment to the Children and Families Bill, which was introduced by Labour with support from the «Coalition of Consent pop up campaign», was defeated by 303 votes to 219.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said that Labour should «never be trusted» with people's money again, [95] while Labour was also accused of electioneering after Darling announced a 1.5 percent rise in Child Benefit and Disability Living Allowance from April 2010 — weeks ahead of an expected election — but made no comment on whether the rise could be sustained after April 2011.

He said it would be a «brave council leader» that did not take on the powers it would gain from a Labour government to build houses, while parents had their grown - up children «sofa surfing» in the family home.

In fact this seems like a proper diversion from the real issue Labour should be tackling the SNP on at the moment and that is their statement that they will give «serious consideration'to Cameron's proposals to kill Syrian children.

Labour even opposes taking child benefit away from the wealthiest families.

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who -LSB-...]

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who launched a petition last night) calling for opposition to the child tax credit cut.

The Budget is unfair to Catholics because of plans to limit to two the number of children eligible for tax credits from April 2017, a Labour MP has suggested.

Intervening on Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith in the Commons, his Labour shadow, Helen Goodman asked: «Could you explain to the House why cutting tax credits for large families is a fair thing to do when it will be concentrated... on families where children are living in poverty, on Roman Catholic families, on Catholics from other minorities.

Now a single mother to three children of her own, she won Bradford West from George Galloway in 2015, only to be suspended by Labour earlier this year after antisemitic Facebook posts she had shared surfaced.