Child labor is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is ...

Looking at other child labour statistics, we found that the majority (90%) of working children were Africans; above 60% were in the illegal age cohort of 7-14 years; and most were living in the rural ...

Prevalence of child labour. Since 2000, for nearly two decades, the world had been making steady progress in reducing child labour. But over the past few years, conflicts, crises and the COVID-19 ...

INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) in its recent report titled “Child Labour: Global Estimates 2024, Trends and the Road Forward" estimates that at least 138 million children (78 million boys and ...

A new report from UNICEF finds that there's been a lot of progress in the last 5 years when it comes to tackling child labor in many parts of the world. But sub-Saharan Africa has made less progress.

World Day Against Child Labour highlights the urgent need to end child exploitation worldwide, advocating education and safety for all children.

GENEVA (Reuters) -The world has missed its target of eliminating child labour by 2025 and funding cuts threaten recent progress on reducing the numbers of children in work, a new joint report by ...

Today is World Day Against Child Labor. Shockingly, the International Labor Organization estimates that worldwide 160 million children are involved with child labor - and that number is expected to ...

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs helped reduce the number of child laborers worldwide by 78 million over the last two decades, including by issuing grants to international organizations ...

Velpur Mandal of Nizamabad district in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh was once notorious for child labour, but, in a dramatic way, became a rare exception of shunning child labour ...

“Marking the World Day Against Child Labour aligns with the project’s objectives to raise awareness and galvanize action towards ending child labour in all its forms,” Ms. Yawson stated.