160 million children, almost 1 in 10 worldwide, are engaged in child labor, with 80 million working in hazardous conditions in agriculture, mining, domestic labor, and other sectors. On tobacco ...

One thing is universal: whether they are growing coffee or cocoa, rice or corn, all parents want their children to get the best start in life. Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that ...

Still, this galvanizing employment trend seemingly has an underbelly, as the recent boost in child labor law violations highlights. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...

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Several users argued the girl shown using the cardboard folding tool is too young to start doing chores, with one commenting: "CHILD LABOR BACK IN?!" “Seriously? This kid has their entire life ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...

One of her key priorities should be taking action to end hazardous child labor. My colleagues and I have researched hazardous child labor on US farms and interviewed children working exhausting 12 ...

In his first general audience of the year, Pope Francis called on the global community to eradicate child labor, urging that we "cannot remain indifferent, cannot accept that little sisters and ...