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Nov 2003: 
European Union: question and answer about ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour.
Jul 1, 2003: 
European Parliament debate on Child Labour.
Jul 2002: 
Labour Standards in the Sports Goods Industry in India - with special reference to Child Labour: A Case for Corporate Social Responsibility (for summary of this report, click here).
Feb 2002: 
Conference 'Combating Child Labour' (The Hague):
* Speech Eveline Herfkens (Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation) at Conference on Child Labour (Feb 25, 2002);
* Paper: Abolition of Child Labour through Compulsory Education;
* Conclusions of the conference.
Jun 2000: 
'The Dark Side of Football: Child and adult labour in India's football industry and the role of FIFA' (ICN report).
Mar 2000: 
Soccer is by far the most popular sport in Europe. But where the footballs come from is far less known: 'India doesn't produce 'fair footballs' yet' (India Nu 124, Mar-Apr 2000).
Oct 1999: 
Petition 'Education works better'.
Jul 1998: 
Elementary Education and Child Labour in India (Gerard Oonk, India Committee of the Netherlands).
1997: 
Position paper 'Sign Against Child Labour'.
Feb 1997: 
Speech of Minister Melkert of Social Affairs and Employment at the Child Labour Conference (Amsterdam) on the occasion of the presentation of 60.000 signatures for the campaign 'Sign Against Child Labour'.
Nov 1996: 
Child and adult labour in the export-oriented garment and gem polishing industry of India, with case studies from Tirupur, Bangalore, Jaipur and Trichy: study undertaken at the request of the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) and the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS), with the focus on child labour.

More information:

* A profile of the M. Venkatarangaiya Foundation (MV Foundation)
* A brief note of the MV Foundation's experiences in elimination of child labour through education
* Girl child labour and education (MV Foundation)
* Website of the MV Foundation
* The Teachers' Forum for Liberation of Child Labour (Bala Karmika Vimochana Vedika (BKVV))




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