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European Union to take measures against child labour

14 June 2010 - The European Union is to introduce a package of measures to eliminate child labour. This was decided by the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg today, in response to an initiative by the Netherlands. Read on

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner accepts Un monde pour les enfants

25 May 2010 - After a meeting with his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen (background) in the Netherlands, French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner accepted today a copy of Un monde pour les enfants from author and photographer Peter de Ruiter. Kouchner was in Rotterdam to discuss joint French - Dutch actions against child labour, as well as many other subjects. Peter de Ruiter says the book proves the strong Dutch commitment in finding solutions for this phenomena, both in bilateral as in EU constellations. French and Dutch school children contested each other in keeping a football in the air, using a child labour free ball and wearing child labour free t-shirts. Just before that, Peter had 'taught them a lesson' about child labour, using photos and view from his book.

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner showing his copy of Un monde pour les enfants

A world for children also in French, exhibitions in Paris, London and Berlin

Early May the French edition of A World for Children was released under the title Un monde pour les enfants - Grandir sans avoir à travailler. The same day an exhibitionbased on this book by writer and photographer Peter de Ruiter opened in Paris. Later this spring, the exhibition will be repeated in London (3 June, St James Church, close to Piccadilly Circus) and Berlin (1 - 13 September, Franzoesischer Dom . The French edition of the book and the exhibitions are an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a leading force in the European Union focused on eradicating child labour.

Peter de Ruiter’s photos were also shown at the exhibition Child Labour Exposed, where the work of 20 photographers from all around the world, depicting children at work is being exhibited. The exhibition took place to coincide with an international conference on child labour in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 10 and 11 May. Approximately eighty countries took part in defining measures to eliminate child labour worldwide. The conference was organised by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in cooperation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The French edition is available from Librairie La Géographie, 184, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris. The English edition can be purchased from Amazon.com, or directly from the author.

 		 

 

 

Un ouvrage en français sur le travail des enfants et des expositions à Paris, Londres et Berlin

L’édition française de A world for children intitulée Un monde pour les enfants - Grandir sans avoir à travailler paraîtra le 4 mai. Le même jour aura lieu l’inauguration à Paris d’une expositionbasée sur cet ouvrage de l’auteur et photographe Peter de Ruiter. Cette exposition sera également présentée un peu plus tard à Londres (3 Juin, St James Church) et Berlin. L’édition française du livre et les expositions sont l’initiative du Ministère néerlandais des Affaires étrangères qui a pris la tête de l’Union européenne en matière d’éradication du travail des enfants.

Des photos de Peter de Ruiter font également partie de l’exposition Child Labour Exposed, le Travail des enfants exposé, qui présente des photos d’enfants au travail, prises par 20 photographes du monde entier. L’exposition est organisée à l’occasion de la conférence internationale sur le travail des enfants tenue à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, les 10 et 11 mai 2010. Pendant cette conférence, organisée par le Ministère néerlandais des Affaires sociales et l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT), quelque 80 pays prendront des mesures contre le travail des enfants dans le monde.

L'édition française de l’ouvrage est vendue exclusivement à la Librairie La Géographie, 184, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris.

L'édition anglaise de l’ouvrage est vendue sur Amazon.com et par de l’auteur

Exhibition in Paris