By Birungi Machrine Kampala 19 February 2008 A documentary has been released that depicts child labor in Uganda. The film, called Stone Cold is by local writer Michael Wawuya. It explores the causes and costs of child labor in a typical village. Voic...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 25 November 2007 President Bush and Britain's leader Gordon Brown have congratulated Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd after his stunning election win. Mr. Rudd's overwhelming victory has ended more than a decade of co...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 24 November 2007 Australia's centre-left Labor Party has swept to power in national elections, handing long-serving Prime Minister John Howard a surprising defeat. Labor leader Kevin Rudd has promised major changes to policies o...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 November 2007 Australia's political leaders have made their final pleas to voters ahead of Saturday's federal election. The conservative Prime Minister John Howard is widely tipped to lose power after more than a decade in of...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 22 October 2007 It has been one year since laws went into effect in India banning children from working in homes, hotels and restaurants. But as VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi, there appears to be litt...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 September 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed Tuesday to push through wide-ranging labor market reforms, including relaxing a key labor law and trimming special pension privileges for some workers. Lisa Bryant has...
Another story about China now. This one has to do with the countrys economy. Most of Chinas phenomenal growth is taking place in regions along the coast. For the inland, many people have been left behind. But now China's west and mid-west are startin...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 June 2007 People stand next to their motor bikes as they await fuel to arrive during a nationwide general strike in Lagos, Nigeria, 21 Jun 2007 Nigeria's labor unions have suspended a four-day general strike after reachin...
By Efam Dovi Accra 01 May 2007 May Day, also known as International Workers Day, is being celebrated in Ghana with street processions and workers' rallies throughout the country. For VOA, Efam Dovi reports from Ghana's capital, Accra that this year's...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 May 2006 A child holds a small hammer that is used to crush stones in a quarry near Dawhenya, east of Accra, Ghana, Thursday, May 4, 2006 Child labor, worker safety and changing patterns in the international workplace are o...