Thursday, June 12, marks the World Day Against Child Labour. This day was established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002. There has never been a precise global statistic on the number of child laborers, largely because most governments, especially in underdeveloped capitalist countries, are unwilling to provide accurate […]
Child labor
Iqbal Masih (often referred to as Spartacus by many) was the youngest labor activist in the world who became a hero at the age of 12. His famous quote is: “I no longer fear the masters, now they must fear me.” Who is a hero and what is heroism? Some […]
Human rights reports indicate that between 2017 and January 2025, at least 86 Baloch children in Iran have been killed or injured. According to Kolbarnews, citing data from the Campaign of Baloch Activists, 56 children have lost their lives, while 30 others have been injured. Many of these children were […]
The director of the Tehran Municipality’s Organization for Social Services and Partnerships has reported the identification of 3,600 child workers in the city over the past year. According to Kolbarnews, Seyed Mohammad Naghib, the organization’s director, announced this figure and stated that centers called “Pouyashahr” have been established to organize […]
The secretary of the Monitoring, Observation, and Management Center for Social Issues in Tehran has announced the identification of 3,000 child workers in the city. According to Kolbarnews, Abdolmajid Rahmani, the secretary of the center, stated that over the past nine months, this number of child workers has been identified […]
On Friday, November 8, 2024, the UN Human Rights Office released a detailed investigation on the mass killing of children in Gaza by the Israeli army. This shocking 32-page report provides specific and precise breakdowns of the casualties. The report confirms that 70% of recorded victims thus far are women […]
In late September, Arman Melli newspaper published an article titled “The Dark Shadow of Child Abuse,” prompted by the beating of a street child in a welfare center. The article highlighted the plight of children subjected to abuse in such centers. One case involved children being beaten for bed-wetting at […]
A Baloch child laborer was severely injured following a stabbing and beating by thugs in Yazd. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Monday, September 9, 2024, a Baloch child laborer was attacked and severely injured by violent individuals in Yazd while returning from his workplace. The identity of the […]
Five child laborers were arrested and severely beaten by the police forces of Zahedan’s 16th precinct after a chase. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 27, 2024, police forces from the 16th precinct of Zahedan arrested five child laborers after a pursuit. These children, all under […]
In 1997, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, designated August 23 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The UN General Assembly had previously added “International Day for the Abolition of Slavery” to the calendar in 1949, and UNESCO set […]