Of nearly 250 million children engaged in child labor around the world, the vast majority- 70 percent, or some 170 million-are working in agriculture. Child agricultural workers frequently work ...

Her experience is part of a growing, and often illegal, issue of child labor, particularly in dangerous industries like agriculture, which is the largest employer of children. Like Vazquez ...

Of nearly 218 million children engaged in child labor around the world, the vast majority—69 percent, or some 150 million—are working in agriculture. Child agricultural workers frequently work ...

The 2015 labor law reform in Mexico, which raised the minimum working age from 14 to 15 and imposed strict penalties, led to ...

Agriculture is an industry where the risks ... Along with those in the industry pushing for less child labor protections, ...

Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that interferes with children’s physical and mental development and school attendance - is on the rise for the first time in two decades. In fields ...

All three of these announcements come just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...

A recent investigation reveals that child exploitation and forced labor are being used to pick cotton on dozens of farms in India. This investigation adds to those in countries such as China, which is ...

the ILO stated that “no incidences of child and forced labor were identified with regard to World Bank-supported agriculture, water, and education projects.” Both in 2015 and 2016, ILO monitors found ...

are engaged in child labor, with an important proportion working under exploitative conditions in agriculture and mining, the two sector worldwide, where child labor is pervasive.” He ...