New Numbers On Child Labor Are Not Encouraging
A report from the U.N.'s International Labour Organization looks at how many children work, what kind of jobs they perform — and how to stop it.
by Nurith Aizenman
Nov 17, 2017
2 minutes
The latest statistics on child labor are in — and they're not encouraging.
An estimated 152 million children around the globe are doing work that prevents them from getting an education or that's harmful to their health. That's almost 1 in 10 children worldwide.
The figures, which cover 2016, were in a report
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