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 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 ...

New national campaign targets top meat processors Perdue, JBS, Tyson, and Cargill for child labor violations. Effort includ ...

A pair of bills in Tallahassee would allow students to work more hours. Critics worry that would threaten learning.

The Trump administrated has canceled millions of dollars in international grants that a Department of Labor division administered to combat child labor and slave labor around the world ...

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 ...

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 ...

The gender ministry has launched a digital system to monitor child labour, especially in agricultural fields, according to a press statement shared by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

In his first general audience of the year, Pope Francis called on the global community to eradicate child labor, urging that we "cannot remain indifferent, cannot accept that little sisters and ...

Opponents argue that the bills promote child exploitation and ... including tourism, agriculture and construction, rely on immigrant labor. During a recent immigration-focused discussion with ...

Another grantee trained agriculture workers in Mexico on labor rights, aiming to end child labor in the tobacco industry. A project in West Africa helped curb the practice of 10-year-old children ...