In 2023, around 1 in 5 of such children in the world’s poorest countries were used for labor encompassing human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The low wages earned by laborers in ...

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 ...

African countries are home to most of the world's 160 million working children. The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 72 million children in sub-Saharan Africa — nearly ...

Of nearly 250 million children engaged in child labor around the world, the vast majority- 70 percent, or some 170 million-are working in agriculture. Child agricultural workers frequently work ...

JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.

The recent National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report has revealed the extent of child labour in Nigeria. According to the research, as of 2022, over 24 million Nigerian children are working as ...

June 12, the World Day Against Child Labour provides an opportunity to take stock of the situation. Before the recent increase, significant strides had been made towards achievement of Sustainable ...

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 ...

All three of these announcements come just days before President elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...