Child workers

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12-year-old Honduran boy takes on barber job to help family

12-year-old Honduran boy takes on barber job to help family

17 August 2022

Earth News

New EU law could force large companies to respect the environment

If a company identifies these, issues it must take appropriate action to prevent or stop them.

24 February 2022

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Children head to work in Afghanistan as poverty persists

Children head to work in Afghanistan as poverty persists

24 July 2019

Sudan

EU-bound child migrants rescued from traffickers in Sudan, say police

They were heading to Europe before traffickers made them work in illegal gold mines, authorities claim.

11 September 2018

Bolivia

Bolivia wrestles with protecting child workers as young as 10

Is 10 too young to work? Not in Bolivia, where President Evo Morales says children have the right, but should be protected.

27 January 2018

World News

Up to 60% of workers illegal on EU farms

The European Parliament has been called upon to introduce legislation to fight labour exploitation in the agricultural sector

14 November 2017

World News

The human cost of our obsession with smartphones

A look at the components of smartphones - and how they are mined - reveals a dark side to the mobile industry

9 March 2017

Bangladesh

Many dead in Bangladesh factory fire

Police and eyewitnesses says dozens have been taken to hospital. Firefighters are struggling to control the blaze in the four-storey building.

10 September 2016

Europe

Insiders investigates the exploitation of Syrian child labour in Turkey

Insiders visited southeast Turkey, home to a large number of Syrian refugees who have fled their war-torn country, and found many children forced to work.

15 July 2016

World News

Pope Francis laments child labour as 'modern slavery'

They are the forgotten youngsters – the estimated 168 million, globally, trapped in child labour.

12 June 2016

World News

Five global problems to highlight on International Workers' Day

1 May 2016

Cinema

'Pennies': A story of Palestinian child beggars

Directed by Badran Badran, the documentary premiered at this year's Jerusalem Film Festival.

30 July 2015

World News

Children in jobs means even worse future, says ILO

Almost 170 million children are condemned to work full-time jobs today, with no schooling and poor future prospects. The International Labour

12 June 2015

Norway

Celebrations in Oslo as Nobel Peace Prize winners officially receive the award

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousufsay, made an appearance on Wednesday night in front of adoring crowds carrying candles in Oslo.

11 December 2014

Bangladesh

Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise but protests continue

14 November 2013

India

Revealed: India is home to nearly half of world's 30 million modern-day slaves

17 October 2013