An estimated 40,000 children work in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the source of over half of the world’s supply. In Madagascar, an estimated 10,000 children mine for mica.

Children in Busoga still face exploitation despite awareness programs. Child labour remains a persistent challenge in Uganda’s Busoga sub-region, driven by poverty, weak law enforcement, and limited ...

Every year on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour is observed to raise global awareness about the exploitation of children and to urge collective action to eliminate it. The day focuses on drawing ...

Fernando Morales-de la Cruz was plying his trade: shaming the wealthy for investments in companies he claims benefit from child labor. Wearing a hoodie and baggy jeans, the 63-year-old Guatemalan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, with rates reaching as high as 90 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A year after Florida lawmakers loosened the state’s child labor laws, another measure seeks to further roll back work restrictions ...

Om Prakash Gurjar, once a child labourer in rural India, transformed into a global advocate for children's rights. Rescued by activists, he gained an education and used his lived experience to speak ...

Girl and boy lean in to cut vegetables for cooking food. How young is too young to work long hours? That is a subjective question that has come into the spotlight due to a recent action taken in the ...

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are entirely ...