Child Labour Free Mica

Child labour free mica is within our grasp if we tackle this issue by keeping children at the center, involving relevant stakeholders and engaging government at all levels, civil society and industry bodies, We aim to unite and leverage the collective power of all …

Mining for Mica: Child Labor in India

Mica and Child Labor in India, Children mine mica illegally in India as they have small frames and can easily access the minerals underground, These children generally do not have an education and are unable to attend school due to their families’ lack of funds, Children as young as 5 years old must work long hours in the mines to make money for their families, Estimates have …

Child Labour Free Mica

Child labour free mica is within our grasp if we tackle this issue by keeping children at the center, involving relevant stakeholders and engaging government at all levels, civil society and industry bodies, We aim to unite and leverage the collective power of all stakeholders locally, nationally and globally to end all child labour in the region by 2025, Working through the innovative Bal

Child Labor-Free & Ethical Mica in Makeup

Mica is a naturally occurring mineral commonly used in cosmetics to add shimmer to makeup, It can be found in lipsticks, eyeshadow, nail polish, sunscreens, deodorants, shampoo, and more, But the seemingly harmless sparkly ingredient has been linked to child labor in India, specifically in impoverished states of Jharkhand and Bihar,

Blood Mica: Deaths of child workers in India’s mica ‘ghost

BBA workers, who have been trying to stop child labor in Jharkhand’s mica mines for almost a decade, said Madan’s death and the six others in the past two months were just the tip of the

Blood Mica: Glittery Eyeshadow and Child Labor

If you’ve ever used glittery lipstick or eyeshadow, there’s a good chance the products used contained mica, a brittle, shiny mineral which creates a glittering effect in everything from makeup to paint to toothpaste, According to the Responsible Mica Initiative, there’s a one in four chance that the glitter in that makeup came from an illegal mine that supported child labor,

Mica Mining Exposes Child Labor In The Makeup Industry

Date de publication : mai 04, 2019Temps de Lecture Estimé: 9 mins

Mica linked to child labor is littered throughout the cosmetics industry — taking up residency in everything from high-end eyeshadows palettes to drugstore lipsticks, Listed as ‘mica

Responsible Mica Initiative for a responsible mica

The Responsible Mica Initiative RMI is a global coalition for action – putting policy into practice – comprised of multiple organizations committed to establishing a fair, responsible and sustainable mica supply chain in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar in India that will eliminate unacceptable working conditions and eradicate child labor by 2022,

An army of children toils in African mica mines

NBC News tracked the flow of mica mined by children in Madagascar trapped in a cycle of extreme poverty and exploitative child labor spanning generations,

Beauty companies and the struggle to source child labour

Boycotting Mica

Mica Supply Chain: No Place for Child Labor

The mineral mica often lends products their alluring sheen, whether it is lipstick, eye shadows, or automotive coatings, The coveted raw material is mined in various locations, including the states of Jharkhand and Bihar in northern India, a region marked by political instability and poverty and where child labor is widespread, Merck also uses mica as the main raw material for its effect pigments,

Mica in Makeup: The Truth Behind Mica Mining, Child Labor

Mica Mining, Child Labor, and Poverty, Among the mica-producing regions of India, Jharkhand and Bihar alone account for about three-quarters of the total revenue earned from exports in the country, It has been observed that a fair share of the workforce in this region is made up of underage children, some even as young as five years old, A report by SOMO showed that at least 22,000 …

Responsible Mica Initiative Addresses European Parliament

Between November 19 th and November 26 th the Responsible Mica Initiative RMI participated in two key events focused on human rights and child labor, The first event took place at the European Parliament the day before the 30 th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC and was hosted by MP Hilde Vautmans in collaboration with RMI and Terre des Hommes

CHILD LABOUR IN MADAGASCAR’S MICA SECTOR

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CHILD LABOUR IN MADAGASCAR’S MICA SECTOR 9 INTRODUCTION Countless products from paints to cosmetics and from cars to laptops contain mica, albeit mostly in relatively small volumes, The biggest buyers of mica are the electronics and automotive industries, Since the …

Mica In Makeup

Many shimmery makeup products contain mica—37 crystalline minerals often mined via suspicious practices, including child labor—but big players in the industry are working to change that,