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The Stop Child Labour campaign promotes the successful model of child labour free zones. It has organised field visits and exchange meetings to share information about experiences and learn from successful action on the ground.

On Saturday January 21st, MVFoundation celebrated both her 20th anniversary and the fact that 1 million children have been taken out of work and  into school. During this celebration, thousends of former child  labourers, Indian ministers and various dignitaries met during a  big manifestation in Hyderabad. In a speech she gave to the conference, Sofie Ovaa, international coordinator of the Stop Child Labour campaign, spoke of the enormous success.

Stop Child Labour congratulates MVFoundation with her enormous  success; recently, this Indian organisation managed to get the  1millionth child out of work and into school. And that is not the only  reason for joy....

An annual study by risk analysis firm Maplecroft has revealed that 76 countries now pose ‘extreme’ child labour complicity risks for companies operating worldwide, due to worsening global security and the economic downturn. This constitutes an increase of more than 10% from last year’s total of 68 ‘extreme risk’ countries.

Children of Turkish seasonal workers are still working in the hazelnut harvest. From the age of ten, boys and girls help harvesting te hazelnuts we find in our chocolate and hazelnut paste. Stop Childlabour and Dutch labour union FNV Bondgenoten urge companies to take action.

The recently published report 'Captured by Cotton' reveals the wretched conditions in which South Indian girls and young women are making our clothing. This evoked responses from businesses and politicians, and was given a great deal of media coverage.