Kailash Satyarthi to speak July 26 Posted Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Internationally renowned child labor activist Kailash Satyarthi will speak to teachers and others committed to the eradication of exploitative child labor on Monday, July 26 at 7 p.m. in the Amos Dean Ballroom of the Iowa City Sheraton Hotel. Satyarthi's talk is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to the first 300 people. To reserve seating, contact Girija Mahajan at the UI Center for Human Rights (UICHR), 319-335-3900. Additional details can be found in the UI News release. Child Labor Activist Kailash Satyarthi Attacked During Rescue of Children in Great Roman Circus Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Eminent Child Labour activist and Chairperson of Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education and SACCS/Bachpan Bachao Aandolan Kailash Satyarthi was attacked brutally while leading a group of activist and parents to rescue some children from circus in Colonelganj Tehsil of Gonda District in Uttar Pradesh, North India today. Acting on complaints of 11 parents and accompanied by 4 parents (two mothers and two fathers) Satyarthi approached the district administration which reluctantly assigned the Sub Divisional Magistrate to conduct a raid in the Great Roman Circus along with Satyarthi. The Great Roman Circus was camping in Colonelganj, District Gonda. There was reluctance on part of the District Magistrate presently posted in Gonda District. Reports show that children in hundreds were being cruelly treated and exploited in this circus. The full story can be accessed at the Global March web site. Local teen to travel to child-labor confab Posted Tuesday, May 04, 2004 14-year-old Kendra's dedication has resulted in an invitation as a youth delegate to the World Congress on Child Labor in Florence, Italy, next week. She plans to join Chivy Sok, the deputy director of the UI Center for Human Rights, for the 10-day trip. Kendra is one of six students from the United States who will participate in the event.   [ Full Story . . . ] Sok, Local Students Participate In World Congress On Child Labor Posted Monday, May 03, 2004 Three local individuals will bring their voices, visions and artwork to the World Congress on Child Labor May 10-13 in Florence, Italy. Kendra Halter, an eighth-grade student at South East Junior High School in Iowa City, and Chivy Sok, deputy director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR), will participate in this international event, which will bring former child laborers and youth activists from around the world together to strengthen youth participation in decision- and policy-making on child labor advocacy. Read the UI News release. Awards honor local youth Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 The local members of Children Helping Innocent Laborers Democratically were honored Tuesday night for their selfless efforts during the First Annual Youth Human Rights Award Ceremony. CHILD, organized by students at Lucas Elementary School in Iowa City, helped raise money for and promote awareness about the problem of child labor.   [ Full Story . . . ] Activism isn't child's play Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 After being exposed to the realities of child labor issues aropund the world, Alisa Meggitt's social-studies class at Lucas Elementary School formed a group called Children Helping Innocent Laborers Democratically (CHILD).   [ Full Story . . . ] 'Stolen Childhoods' Child Labor Film Debuts In Iowa April 28 Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 "Stolen Childhoods," a feature documentary on global child labor, will premiere at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28 at the Buchanan Auditorium, Room W10 in the John Pappajohn Business Building on the University of Iowa campus. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Len Morris, the film's producer/director; Sonia Rosen, founding director of the U.S. Department of Labor's International Child Labor Program; and Chivy Sok, project director of the Child Labor Research Initiative and deputy director of the UI Center for Human Rights. For additional details, see the UI News Release. Sok to speak about trafficking in Asia at Michigan State University Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Chivy Sok, Deputy Director of the UI Center for Human Rights and Project Director of the Child Labor Research Initiative will speak at Michigan State on "Trafficking in Asia:  Borderless Slavery" on March 16, 2004 at 5:30 pm in 303 International Center on the NSU campus.  She will focus on the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation in the Asian region.  This presentation is part of the MSU's Asian Studies Center Spring 2004 Colloquium Series "Borderless Asia:  Social, Cultural, and Ecological Transitions."  For further details about the MSU's Colloquium Series, call the Asian Studies Center at (517) 353-1680 or visit http://www.isp.msu.edu/asianstudies/. Local Voices Will Be Heard At Children's World Congress On Child Labor Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 A group of Iowa City fifth and sixth grade students who are working to raise awareness about abusive child labor practices around the world will meet Wednesday, March 3, at the University of Iowa law school to help Kendra Halter, an eighth-grade student at Southeast Junior High School, prepare for the first Children's World Congress on Child Labor. The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in room 115 Boyd Law Building.   [ Full Story . . . ] Five New Countries Added to Child Labor Database Posted Saturday, February 07, 2004 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) is pleased to announce that another five countries have been added to the Child Labor Research Initiative Database. Laws related to child labor from the Czech Republic, Paraguay, Russia, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe are now available. The laws are available in English and in the original language. With this addition, there are now 15 countries in the database.   [ Full Story . . . ] UICHR Deputy Director to Speak at Penn State Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Chivy Sok, the Deputy Director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and the Project Director for the University's Child Labor Research Initiative has been invited to speak at Penn State University on January 20. Sok will deliver a talk entitled "Striving for 'A World Fit for Children': The Global Struggle Against Child Labor" as part of the university's Child Rights Day of Social Justice Week. Her talk is sponsored by Rescue Childhood, Penn State's Campus Initiative for UNICEF and patron of student-led grassroots projects in developing countries. Co-sponsors are the Undergraduate Student Government, Schreyer Honors College, Political Science Department, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. For more information please contact Ashley Waddell at ashleyrose@psu.edu UI Database Collects National Child Labor Laws From Around World Posted Monday, December 01, 2003 Information about child labor laws in 10 countries is now searchable online in a child labor legislative database created by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR). The database (http://clri.uichr.org/projects/database) was created as part of the UICHR's Child Labor Research Initiative, which is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. It contains the child labor-specific text of laws from nations around the world, which can be searched by country and category/topic.   [ Full Story . . . ] Sok To Speak To Two Linn County Groups About Global Child Labor Dec. 11 Posted Saturday, December 06, 2003 Chivy Sok, deputy director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, will speak about global child labor to a joint meeting of the Linn County chapters of Amnesty International and the United Nations Association at 7 p.m., Dec. 11 at People's Church in Cedar Rapids, 603 Third Ave. SE. For additional details, see the UI News Release. Sok To Discuss Child Trafficking In Asia At CAPS Brown Bag Lunch Oct. 3 Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2003 "Trafficking of Children: A Modern Form of Slavery in Asia" will be the topic of a lecture by Chivy Sok, deputy director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, at the Center for Asian Pacific Studies (CAPS) brown bag lunch. The lecture will be Friday, Oct. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Michigan Room, third floor of the Iowa Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public. For additional details, see the UI News release. UI Staff To Lead Davenport Workshops On Abusive Child Labor Posted Monday, October 20, 2003 University of Iowa educators will travel to Davenport on four consecutive Wednesdays beginning Oct. 22 to conduct workshops on abusive child labor issues in today's global economy. The series is hosted by First Presbyterian Church, 1702 Iowa St. in Davenport, and is free and open to the public. Complete details can be found in the UI News release. CLRI Legislative Database Now Open Posted Friday, October 24, 2003 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) is pleased to announce the opening of its Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI) Legislative Database. Under contract with the US Department of Labor, the UICHR is compiling national legislation related to child labor from 25 countries. Building an internet database of child labor legislation is a critical step in the worldwide effort to combat child labor. The goal of the database is to be a useful research tool for policy-makers, scholars, and activists. The laws are searchable by country or by category and are available in English and the original language.   [ Full Story . . . ] The World's Working Children: UICHR strives to combat global child labor Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 This short article by the UICHR's Chivy Sok and Burns Weston, originally published in the UI's International Accents, provides an overview of child labor today and the UICHR's current work. The article is in PDF format, and can be found here (IA has kindly provided an edited PDF version of the publication that contains only the article). UICHR Hosts Colloquium On Child Labor Issues Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2003 Nearly two dozen international human rights experts will participate in a research colloquium "Using the Human Rights Framework to Combat Abusive and Exploitative Child Labor" sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights July 8 to 10. The colloquium is a part of the Child Labor Research Initiative, a project funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant. All sessions are free and open to the public and will take place in Room W401 Pappajohn Business Building. More details are available from the UI News web site. This project is more than just an academic exercise for me Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2003 UICHR CLRI Project Director Chivy Sok is featured in this March 11 article from The Daily Iowan.   [ Full Story . . . ] $300,000 Federal Grant raises UI Child Labor Research Initiative funding to $1.2 million Posted Wednesday, October 23, 2002 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) has won a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand the center's Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI). This brings total federal funding for the project to $1.2 million, including the initial $900,000 grant that got the program started last fall.   [ Full Story . . . ] UI hears of trafficking in children Posted Friday, March 01, 2002 Heather Woodward of the Iowa City Press Citizen provides coverage of Upala Devi Banerjee's appearance at The University of Iowa on Wednesday, February 27.   [ Full Story . . . ] UICHR Appoints New Deputy Director to Head Child Labor Research Project Posted Sunday, October 28, 2001 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) has appointed a deputy director, Chivy W. Sok, who will principally serve as the Project Director of a $900,000 UICHR Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI) recently funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. View the UI Press Release. Harkin announces boost for research on child labor at University of Iowa Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2001 U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) recently announced that the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) signed a contract with the University of Iowa to provide $900,000 for research on abusive and exploitative child labor. Harkin helped secure the funding in last year's Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) appropriations bill.   [ Full Story . . . ] UICHR Appoints New Deputy Director to Head Child Labor Research Project Posted Sunday, October 28, 2001 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) has appointed a deputy director, Chivy W. Sok, who will principally serve as the Project Director of a $900,000 UICHR Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI) recently funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. View the UI Press Release. UI to get federal funds to research child labor Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin has arranged for the University of Iowa to get $900,000 in federal dollars this year to research one of his pet issues: abusive and exploitative child labor in the global economy.   [ Full Story . . . ] UI Center for Human Rights gets $900,000 in federal funding Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Through congressional support led by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) will receive $900,000 in federal funding to establish a UICHR Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI), a beginning step toward university-based research on abusive and exploitative child labor. Congress approved the funding in the final version of the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill last Friday. View the UI News press release.
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