Category: goud
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More than 11,000 signatures against child labour in gold mines
A total of 11,685 people have signed the ‘gold in your hands’ petition over the last few months.
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Stop Child Labour and Jimmy Nelson illustrate the positive impact of child labour free zones
Stop Child Labour presents the #ONCE photo exhibition. Powerful photographs of a journey to a child labour free zone in Uganda, taken by renowned photographer Jimmy Nelson.
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Electronics companies are doing far too little yet to eradicate child labour from gold mining
Electronics companies are not making a big enough effort to combat child labour in gold mining. This is the conclusion of a survey by SOMO commissioned by Stop Child Labour. The electronics industry is the third largest buyer of gold in the world.
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The story of Amos, Amina and Mike
Amos was born in a village near the Ugandan gold mine Rubali fifteen years ago. His mother died and in order to support his father and younger sister and brothers financially, he works in a gold mine for 12 hours every day.
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Sign the petition!
More than 1 million children are working in gold mines around the world. This gold ends up in our mobile phones and other products we buy.
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Electronics companies recognise the need for sustainable mining
Stop Child Labour hosted a Round Table meeting about sustainable mining for the electronics sector on 19 April 2016 together with the GoodElectroncis Network, SOMO and Friends of the Earth / Milieudefensie.
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Nearly 15,000 children are working in gold mining in Uganda
Almost 15,000 children are working in small-scale and artisanal gold mining in Uganda, Africa. The majority of these children come into contact with extremely toxic mercury.
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Gold, child labour and electronics
More than 1 million children are working in goldmines around the world. Some of this gold ends up in our mobile phones.
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Child labour free goldmines
The organisation EndaMali works to eradicate child labour from informal gold mining in the Sikasso region in Mali. For example by setting up child-labour-free zones.
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Child labour in the gold industry
Gold is one of the most expensive metals in the world and is not only used to make jewelry. The report ‘Child Mined Gold in your gadgets” from DanWatch in 2013 shows that gold is also an important material for the electronics companies.