The 39-page report, “What…if Something Went Wrong: Hazardous Child Labor in Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines” documents how thousands of Filipino children – some just 9 years old ...

Filipino youths are pictured in a file photo as they carry placards during the celebration of the Global March Against Child Labor in Manila. (OSV News/Reuters/Romeo Ranoco) ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assisted more than 12,000 child laborers from 2021 to 2024 through the Strategic Help desks for Information, Education, Livelihood, and Other ...

Tennessee passed a child-labor law in 1901. Prohibiting mines and factories from employing children under the age of 14, the law was dependent upon the courts for enforcement, since the state had ...

The Department of Labor and Employment in Davao Region has gathered several private establishments and government agencies ...

MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipino children, some as young as 9 years old, risk their lives by working in illegal, small-scale gold mines under ...

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped child labor laws get passed, are worth our attention once again.

Photos from early 1900s spurred child-labor laws. September 3, 2018 at 3:22 a.m. by Jessica Contrera The Washington Post ...

A version of this story first published on Sept. 3, 2018, with the headline “The searing photos that helped end child labor in America.” He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and ...

The majority, or 66.2 percent, of 548,000 child laborers were boys, although the percentage of girls has been steadily increasing from 27.2 percent in 2020 to 33.8 percent in 2022.