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On May 13th 2009, As You Sow, Boston Common Asset Management, Calvert Group , CREA, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility hosted a meeting highlighting key environmental and social risks associated with cotton production and steps organizations can take to help eliminate the use of child labor in cotton production in Uzbekistan.
The all-day meeting [...]
Andijan and cotton
On May 13, Freedom House and Human Rights Watch organized a commemoration of the Andijan massacre, when Uzbekistan’s government forces gunned down hundreds of peaceful protestors on the Fergana Valley city’s main square on that date in 2005. Senator McCain spoke and his remarks can be read here: http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/features/Andijan_Commemoration_Speech_5-11-09.pdf He urged the new administration to be [...]
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Download 2010 SOAS Report What Has Changed
The production and export of cotton continues to be a major feature of the economy, politics and everyday lives of the people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This report analyses the nature and causes of their use of child labour in the cotton sector.