Concerned for Working Children
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The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) is a non-profit organization based in Bangalore, India that has become known internationally for its work in empowering children to solve problems of child labour. Founded in 1985, it has organised Bhima Sangha, a union of and for working children that now has 20,000 members, and launched the National Movement of Working Children. Internationally, it co-founded the International Working Group on Child Labour (IWGCL), and CWC child delegates have contributed to ILO conferences on child labour.
CWC is playing a part in international research[1] into children's mobility issues, with agreement on greater involvement of children in all aspects of this research project.
CWC receives funding support from a Norwegian charity[2].
[edit] Further reading
- Nandana Reddy, CWC Director, Taking Education To Working Children, contribution to symposium , "Child Labor & the Globalizing Economy: Lessons from Asia/Pacific Countries", at Stanford University, California, February 2001 accessed at [3] August 5, 2006
- P. J. Lolichen, Children in the driver's seat, edited research report from CWC, 2005, accessed at Libertarian Education, London [4] August 5, 2006
[edit] Notes
- ^ International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) [1]
- ^ FORUT, Campaign for Development and Solidarity [2]
[edit] External links
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