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United States Policies to Addresss Child Labor Globally

American Federation of Teachers and International Labor Rights Forum briefing paper on U.S. policies and compliance with Convention 182

Young girl sniffing glue, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Looking at Global Child Labor

This week at Media Voices, we are excited to present a photo essay by Hilary Duffy, Young Lives at Risk on the Street: Central America. Hilary has been working on photographic projects for international NGOs, since she received an International Center of Photography/Johnson & Johnson Fellowship to document the work of non-governmental organizations on the [...]

A Birthday Wish

From the outside, the building looked like another home in a rundown neighborhood of Campo Grande, Brazil.  As we approached, the razor-wire around the yard was the first clue that this was a correctional facility.

Girls Prison in Campo Grande, Brazil

Thirteen-year-old Elenaide (not her real name) is serving a prison sentence for smuggling drugs in Campo Grande, Brazil.
Interviewer: Patricia Nascimento