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Joining Hands with UNICEF: Chery Focuses on Global Children's Education
BEIJING / GENEVA, 17 October 2023 , — Chery Automobile and UNICEF announced a new two-year, $6 million partnership, in support of education programmes around the world. 17 October 2023, Mr. Zhang Guibin (first from the left), President of Chery International and Ms. Amakobe Sande, UNICEF Representative to China (First from the right) UNICEF announced a new global partnership between…, UNICEF does not endorse any company, brand, product or service...
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CHARTING THE COURSE
This brief summarizes a forthcoming report from UNICEF, UN Global Compact and Save the Children. In a world in which business is intrinsic to the social and economic fabric, virtually all children are impacted one way or another by business activity – as consumers of products and services, through exposure to marketing and advertising, as young workers or child labourers, as the children of workers, as users of digital platforms, or through the e...
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The 10th Anniversary of the Children's Rights and Business Principles
Developed by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children 10 years ago, the Children's Rights and Business Principles (CRBP) are the first comprehensive set of principles to guide companies on the full range of actions they can take in the workplace, marketplace and community to respect and support children...
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Children Rights and Business Principle
Business, children and sustainable development, Children make up almost a third of the world’s population and interplay with business as consumers, employees’ family members and workers. They are a unique stakeholder group in local communities as well as in the society at large: children have specific vulnerabilit...
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Good Practice of Business for Children
Download Industry Cases, UNICEF has actively promoted children’s rights with business through workplace, market and community environment level. Specific Actions are taken by giving policy commitment, due diligence followed the Children’s Rights Business Principles and taking positive remediations. The case studies provide access to the real practice around the…, LEGO Child Online Safety Assessment, Founded in 1932, the LEGO Group, with a 2015 ne...
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ICT
Overview New information and communication technologies have fundamentally altered how children interact with and participate in the world around them. Through the provision of the internet and mobile technology, ICT companies have provided children with opportunities to learn, share and communicate. Similarly, the growth the ICT industry has…, Child labour, The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that approximately 1 million childr...
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Food and Beverage
Overview The Food and Beverage (F&B) industry includes all companies involved in producing, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing edible goods - from the farm (or factory) to the fork. The industry provides a large source of employment, particularly in developing countries. The International Labour Organization (ILO) an…, Child labour, Worldwide, 60% of child labourers (aged 5-17) work in agriculture, including farming, fishi...
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Extractives
Overview Extractive companies have the potential to bring positive changes to children’s lives through their investments in the communities in which they operate as part of infrastructure- and social development including roads, water and sanitation, education, healthcare and by providing employment opportunities. On a wider scale, the tax revenue…, Migrant workers, In-migration causing employment conflicts between the local population and migran...
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Apparel and Footwear
Overview Globally, UNICEF estimates that as many as 250 million children are likely to be affected by the apparel and footwear supply chain. While child labour is one of the most recognised impacts, there are a number of other ways in which the rights of children are impacted – as dependents of workers, at times as workers themselves, and as…, Child labour, Child labour has long been a concern in the apparel and footwear supply chain. According t...
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Zimbabwe
Proposed indicators, Female employees are entitled to three maternity leave periods of 90 days each time when they are employed by the same employer. During each maternity leave period, 60% of the salary will be paid, and other benefits will be granted as usual, and one hour of work will be reduced every day for half a year after maternity leave. Decent work for…, Child labour, Minimum age:, The minimum age for apprenticeship and other employment...
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Zambia
Proposed indicators, Decent work for parents and young workers, Child labour, Minimum age:, Under the Employment Code Act (2019), the minimum age of full-time employment is 15; employers are not allowed to employ a child less than 16 years old unless authorised by a Labour Officer or where the child has an apprenticeship contract. Employers must maintain a register of all young workers (under 18 years)., Hazardous work:, Children under 18 years o...
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Viet Nam
Viet Nam has achieved rapid economic success and remarkable social progress for the country’s approximately 26 million children, who make up roughly one-third of the population. The country was the first in Asia, and the second in the world, to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990. However, significant challenges remain,…, Decent work for parents and caregivers, Viet Nam has not yet ratified ILO Convention No. 183 on Mat...