At least 1.68 million children across cocoa-growing communities in West Africa have been protected and supported through the ...

In a renewed effort to address the scourge of child labour across Africa, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has convened a four-day knowledge-sharing forum in Accra. The event brought ...

Child Labour Declines Globally, But Africa Still Hit Hardest A joint report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) revealed that the number of ...

Child labour is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is estimated that about 160 million children are engaged in child labour, about 87 ...

12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. There ...

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), which brought together lawyers, academics, development experts and human rights institutions on the sidelines of a session of the ...

World Day Against Child Labour is observed annually on June 12 to raise awareness. Child labour affects millions, forcing children under 14 into work instead of schooling. Africa has the highest child ...

The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation, ILO, have launched the National Child Labour Website and the Child Labour Reporting App, a digital platform designed ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Nearly half children in cocoa-growing households in Ghana and Ivory Coast engaged in child labour Child labour monitoring ...

With the world marking the 2025 World Day Against Child Labour recently, the global community must confront an uncomfortable truth: child labour remains a persistent stain on the conscience of our ...

Adding to his list of philanthropic ventures, YouTube megastar Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson is in the process of giving out free breakfast meals to school children in Africa. This venture aims to ...

Geneva (AsiaNews) – A new joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF, titled Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward, was released today to mark ...