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Nigeria: ILO initiates national work plan to eliminate child labour in mining and cocoa supply chains
Author: Alex Enumah, This Day (Nigeria)
"Nigeria, ILO, Others Strategise to Eradicate Child Labour", 6 May 2019....
- Related in-depth areas: Child labour Labour rights
Africa: ILO project to accelerate elimination of child labour in tea & coffee supply chains
Author: Lily Kampani, Malawi News Agency
"Africa: ILO Sets Out to Eradicate Child Labour in Africa"...
- Related in-depth areas: Agriculture Child labour Labour rights Supply chain
Commentary: Egypt’s brutal crackdown on workers’ rights
Author: Robert Fisk, The Independent
"Egypt’s brutal crackdown on workers’ rights runs far deeper than the fate of two actors", 27 March 2019...
Egypt: Ten workers killed & five injured at NCIC chemical plant explosion
Author: Hazardex
Ten workers were killed on March 21 when an ammonia tank full exploded at a fertiliser plant at Ain Sokhna in Egypt's northeastern Suez province, according to Al-Ahram....
- Related companies: El Nasr
Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour: findings from the first global report on child labour in the Arab States
Author: ILO, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD), Arab Labour Organisation (ALO),League of Arab States (LAS)
Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds....
Open For Business provides framework for cos. to act in public sphere to promote LGBT+ inclusion
Author: Open For Business (USA)
"Channels of Influence: How Companies Can Promote LGBT+ Inclusive Societies", Mar 2019...
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Russia is increasing its influence in Africa through strategic investment in energy and minerals says analyst
Author: The Conversation (South Africa)
"How Russia is growing its strategic influence in Africa", 6 février 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
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Egypt: Front Line Defenders report claims Naval Group's presence during strike, lockout, mass firings & trials of labour rights defenders
Author: Front Line Defenders (Ireland)
"Report Reveals Egyptian Labour Rights Defenders Facing “Worst Repression in Decades”, 14 Jan 2019...
- Related stories: Egypt: Front Line Defenders report claims Naval Group's presence during strike, lockout, mass firings & trials of labour rights defenders; Naval Group responds
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on freedom of association Latest news on human rights defenders
- Related companies: Naval One (now Naval Group)
Egypt: Front Line Defenders report claims Naval Group's presence during strike, lockout, mass firings & trials of labour rights defenders; Naval Group responds
Trade unionists, labour rights lawyers, and workers organising strikes in Egypt were facing torture, mass firings and trials in military courts, facing the worst n level of violence and retribution against labour rights activism in decades, according...
Naval Group's response
Author: Naval Group
We are not indifferent to the situation of the employees of our partner Alexandra Shipyards. Naval Group has a strong ethics and compliance policy which is applied rigourously in all its international subsidiaries. The Egyptian yard is not a...
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- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders
- This is a response from the following companies: Naval One (now Naval Group)