Find out why World Day Against Child Labour 2025 is more important than ever. Backed by UN statistics, this article explains how millions of children remain in labour due to poor funding of child ...

There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint ...

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In Karnataka, 8,413 children aged 6 to 14 were surveyed in four districts, and 443 were found to be involved in child labour. Among those aged 15 to 18, the number rose to 509 of 2,750 children.

Two-thirds of all child labour takes place in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for around 87 million children, with only a small reduction from 23.9 per cent to 21.5 per cent over the last four years.

India News: NEW DELHI: Nearly 90% of the 44,902 children freed from the clutches of exploitation in over 27,000 operations between April 2024 and March this year .

Since 2000, child labour has almost halved, from 246 million to 138 million, yet current rates remain too slow, and the world has fallen short of reaching the 2025 global elimination target.

The Day for the Elimination of Child Labor was celebrated on Thursday across the world, including Pakistan. According to the official data, the overall rate of child labor in Pakistan was recorded ...

The world has missed its target of eliminating child labour by 2025 and funding cuts threaten recent progress on reducing the numbers of children in work, a new joint report by two United Nations ...

The 19th century is often referred to as the “dark century” for child labor exploitation. In factories, children worked 13 to 15 hours a day, performing tasks that no machine could replicate.

A new report from UNICEF finds that there's been a lot of progress in the last 5 years when it comes to tackling child labor in many parts of the world. But sub-Saharan Africa has made less progress.

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