Category: schoenen/leer
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Multi-stakeholder meeting on child labour in leather and footwear in Agra, India (16/17 February 2017)
On 16 – 17 February 2017, The Fair Labor Association, Stop Child Labour Coalition and iMentor are organizing a multi-stakeholder meeting titled “Strengthening Children’s Rights and Decent Work in the Agra Leather and Footwear Cluster”.
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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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The Story of Shoes
There is more to leather than its attractive appearance. In many developing countries, leather production gives rise to animal suffering, environmental pollution, deforestation and child labour.
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Shoe company association works on policy against child labour
The Association for Large Retailers (ALR) in shoes is working on ‘a sector-wide ambition in the field of CSR, including the eradication of child labour’. That is one of the answers of Minister Ploumen on parliamentary questions on the report ‘Working on the Right Shoes’.