Category: natuursteen
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Next steps towards child labour free natural stone in India
More and more steps are taken to change the situation of working children and their families in the natural stone sector in India.
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Kishan is going to school!
Kishan is one of the youngest children in his classroom. He is six years old and he has recently started school. His sister Kali (aged 12) is sitting next to him. She used to look after him while working in stone processing as well.
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Natural stone: Public Procurement and Human Rights
Sandstone and granite are used for paving public spaces like streets and squares and for tiling walls and floors in public buildings like office blocks, train stations and airports.
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“New Indian Child Labour Bill allows many children to work”
ndia has a new law against child labour. Or more precisely: the old Child Labour Act of 1986 was recently amended. On July 19, 2016, the Indian Upper House (Rajya Sabha) approved the amendments.
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Union at work in the Indian village of Palri Mangaliya
This is the story about Madan (12), Swarupi (10) and Dinesh (9). They live in India, in the village of Palri Mangaliya.
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Child labour in natural stone: working on solutions together
The Indian sandstone cobble industry is tarnished with stories of poor working conditions, bad labour practices and endemic child labour. While these issues do exist, they are not the whole story.
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Child labour in Indian quarries
Child labour occurs frequently Indian quarries. Most Dutch importers of Indian granite give no information from which quarries they are sourcing their granite or say they do not know from which quarries the stone comes from.
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Companies involved
Bram Callewier from the Belgian wholesale ‘Beltrami Natural Stone’ writes in his blog about the company’s efforts to combat child labor in the stone sector in India. Together with the Indian NGO Manjari Beltrami is working on the creation and expansion of child labour free zones.
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Modern slavery and child labour in Indian quarries
Modern slavery is widespread in Indian quarries. Child labour also occurs frequently. Most Dutch importers of Indian granite give no information from which quarries they are sourcing their granite or say they do not know from which quarries the stone comes from.