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The Global Goals. 17 ways education influences the 17 global goals. Goals Resource Centre. The Global Goals. Every day girls around the world are fighting for their freedom. This International Day of the Girl - join them and raise your voice: 1. Share the film and tell us what #FreedomForGirls means to you2. Take action at In 2015 when leaders signed up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals – the Global Goals - they made a promise – to empower all girls.

There has been progress but we need to keep up the pressure. If we work together we can make sure world leaders deliver and every girl grows up healthy, safe, empowered and able to fulfil her dreams. This new film from director MJ Delaney featuring ‘Freedom’ by Beyoncé, calls for action on some of the biggest challenges girls face like access to education, child marriage and the threat of violence´ Last year we asked you to share #WhatIReallyReallyWant for girls and women – this year we want you to raise your voice for freedom.

Director MJ Delaney Executive Producer Project Everyone Moxie Pictures Producer Lucy Tate. Farm Worker Issues : National Farm Worker Ministry. Agricultural work is hard work. In order to feed the country, an estimated 2-3 million farm workers labor in the fields across the United States, including handpicking the vast majority of fruit and vegetable crops produced here. In many cases these workers are young adults or even children; in all cases, farm workers are excluded from important national labor protections that other workers possess. The role of farm workers is one of the most vital jobs, and yet it’s also one of the most dangerous and least adequately compensated. For their demanding physical labor, farm workers earn, on average, between $12,500 to $14,999 a year for individuals and $17,500 to $19,999 for a family.

Furthermore, farm workers are some of the oppressed workers in the U.S. Their jobs can subject them to health problems resulting from pesticide exposure, deplorable housing conditions, workplace abuse, and a series of other issues. The Child Labor Education Project. Today, approximately 215 million children, many as young as five, are involved in child labor around the globe. Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school.

It involves work by children under conditions that are hazardous, illegal, or exploitive. The Child Labor Public Education Project of the University of Iowa Labor Center and Center for Human Rights provides educational workshops and materials on a range of issues regarding child labor in the U.S. and other countries: causes and consequences of child labor history of child labor in the U.S. effects of child labor on children’s health and workers’ rights and international issues such as workers’ rights, trade, and economic policies. Note: The adult and k-12 workshop materials available on this website may be downloaded and distributed at no charge. The Child Labor Public Education Project is supported by U.S. This document does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Kids' Corner. EPA: Student's Guide to Global Climate Change. Young Voices for the Planet.

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