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Kenya’s child labour in “Sex” rises

The teenage girls cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with in the seven months since COVID-19 closed their schools, or how many of those men used protection….

News

A NEW programme to end child labour in Zarqa and Amman

A new UNICEF programme to end the worst forms of child labour in Zarqa and Amman will help hundreds of children to escape from dangerous working environments and return to education and training, as well as providing their families with a package of support to reduce the burden on children to work….

News

‘What’s not to love about chocolate? Well two million children working illegally

Tony’s Chocolonely has launched a new advert featuring actor Idris Elba, to shine the spotlight on the problems of slavery and child labour within the chocolate industry….

Reports

How To Tell If A Child Made Your Clothes?

over 218 million children are hard at work — 73 million of those are working in hazardous conditions that “directly endangers their health, safety, and moral development.” …

Reports

The Hidden Ingredient in Chocolate: Africa’s Child

Cocoa beans, sugar, and just a sprinkle of child labor. While most people know that chocolate comes from cocoa beans, they are unaware …

News

Jordan child labor incidence rises during coronavirus pandemic

Child labor incidence in Jordan increased over the past three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by the Jordan Labour Watch (JLW)….