The fashion industry is one of the largest employers in the world, but it has a dark side. Many clothing brands rely on low-cost labor from developing countries, and unfortunately, child labor remains ...

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Nearly 138 million minors were engaged in child labour worldwide in 2024, according to a new report released on Wednesday by UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The figure includes ...

2025: Progress is clear, but there's more to do: let’s speed up efforts! The 2025 World Day will focus on a key milestone: the release of the 2025 global estimates and trends of child labour. This ...

A Missouri Republican advocated loosening child labor laws, saying children were "lazy" and should get jobs like she did at the age of 9. This week, Missouri state Representative Cheri Toalson Reisch, ...

Child labor sounds as if it belongs to a long-ago era, but for 138 million children it is a daily routine. "These are children who work under the hot sun in farms, tending crops when they should be in ...

Child labor protections in America are being challenged at the state level and, in some cases, reversed in ways we haven’t seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, and New ...

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There are only two types of investors: those who have unlawful child labor in their portfolios, and those who do not yet know that they have unlawful child labor in their portfolios. So we present ...

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