Child labour
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Workers at Chinese factory that produces Labubu toys are being exploited, says NGO
Exclusive: China Labor Watch says people aged 16-18 employed without required special protectionsA labour righ…
- Child labour, Child marriage, Global development, Hysterectomy, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality
Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies
Hundreds of woman in one cane producing district were agreeing to the surgery, say activists, in order to keep…
- Child labour, Dalits, Employment, Global development, Global health, India, Law, Malnutrition, Migration and development, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Too ill to work, too poor to get better: how debt traps families working at India’s kilns
Forced to travel far to find gruelling work making bricks, women and children fall sick but cannot access heal…
- Child labour, Child rights, Children, Global development, Human rights, Law, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? | Zofeen T Ebrahim
Graphic videos of the last hours of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro have highlighted once again the abuse faced by c…
- Asia Pacific, Child labour, Child protection, Children, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, World news
Papua New Guinea’s undocumented children face ‘perfect storm of vulnerability’
Just 15% of children in PNG have their birth registered. Without a birth certificate, trafficking and exploita…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Child labour, Children, Global development, Human rights, Humanitarian response, Middle East and North Africa, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Scared, hungry and cold: child workers in Kabul – picture essay
As temperatures fall below freezing, children as young as four trying to make a living on the Afghan capital’s…
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From child labourer to Oscar hopeful, the extraordinary life of PS Vinothraj
As a boy, the Tamil director saw movies made in the market where he worked. Now he’s India’s choice for awards…
- Africa, Child labour, Child rights, Children, Children's rights, Ghana, Global development, Nepal, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Uganda, World news
‘I had to step up’: Child labour in poorest countries rose during Covid, says report
Study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little pa…
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Covid-19 prompts ‘enormous rise’ in demand for cheap child labour in India
Charities warn that seven months of the pandemic has set the country back decades on child exploitationOver 70…
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‘Coal workers are orphans’: the children and slaves mining Pakistan’s coal
Injuries and fatalities are common among thousands of debt-bonded men and children toiling in one of the world…
- Asia Pacific, Child labour, Child protection, Children, China, Fashion, Photography, Society, World news
China’s child modelling industry – a photo essay
Manicured children strut down the catwalks of Beijing fashion shows as thousands of events drive the huge dema…