One of the causes of child labour is poverty. Since unemployment is on the rise, the aftermath is poverty and this explains why there are many professional beggars on the street.

GENEVA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Urgent action is needed to tackle the economic root causes of child labor, International Labor Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder said Tuesday, pointing to global ...

RIP child labour. Cause of death: data. by Kohl Gill, CEO LaborVoices. Tuesday, 25 October 2016 13:38 GMT. About ... Detecting child labour isn’t only about anecdotes anymore; ...

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - The good news is that child labor in Asia is decreasing. The bad news? It's not declining fast enough. Despite a drop of about 5 million since 2000, working children number an ...

While these conditions are truly abhorrent, they will never seriously be addressed until we recognize the root cause of child labor: extreme poverty and a marginalized workforce.

Producer organizations in many countries where child labor in agriculture is a risk – Paraguay, Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, the Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Kenya, Ethiopia and ...

Eliminating child labor, which can keep young people out of school and at work, sometimes in harsh or dangerous circumstances, is a huge priority for us, as well as our many innovative partners.

The agriculture sector accounts for 70% of children in child labor (112 million), followed by 20% in services (31.4 million) and 10% in industry (16.5 million).. Unsurprisingly, there is a direct ...

In many communities, child labor has become an open secret. Image Maria Escalante, a U.S.D.A. inspector, feels bad for the children working the night shift, but says, “It’s not my place to say ...