Lifestory: From street kid to mentor – surviving childhood labour in Ethiopia
With the World Day Against Child Labour having recently been marked across the globe, EMELINE WUILBERCQ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, records former child-labourer Teklu Haimelo’s story…
Essay: 152 million reasons to end child labour
Saturday marked World Day Against Child Labour. CHANTELLE MAYO, of Baptist World Aid Australia, reflects on what’s needed to break cycles of poverty and exploitation…
Quickfacts – 10 facts about rising child labour around the world
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation The United Nations says child labour is on the rise for the first time in 20 years, with millions more young people at risk of becoming child labourers due to the economic shocks and school closures caused by COVID-19. Here are 10 facts about where and why child labour persists, […]
Quick facts – How many children are victims of child labour worldwide?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Two decades of global progress in reducing child labour could be jeopardised by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that millions more children were at risk of being put to work. Children who were already working before the pandemic may now be facing longer hours and worse […]
Conflicts and climate disasters forcing children into work, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Years of conflict and climate disasters have pushed millions of children into work, the United Nations said on Tuesday. In 2017, there were 152 million children under the age of 18 working around the world, the International Labour Organization said in a report marking World Day Against Child Labour. The vast majority […]
Call for greater action to protect world’s 168 million child labourers
Some 168 million children around the world are considered “child labourers” with 85 million of them engaging in what is considered “hazardous work” – a problem which is being exacerbated by the number of crisises taking place around the world today, according to the UN International Labour Organization. Speaking to mark the World Day Against […]