
The Appalling Increase in Child Labor
There can be no excuse for the fact that child labor has increased for the first time in two decades. World leaders must give the poorest and most marginalized children their fair share of global wealth by channeling it through development assistance that bolsters social protection and supports targeted policies.
OPINION: Why is child labour not on the G7 agenda?
To build back better we have to reverse the outrageous increase in child labour.
Nobel laureate says if we fail children in the pandemic recovery, we fail them forever
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said there needs to be a “sense of urgency” in working toward the end of child labor globally, speaking on a panel for the OECD’s 60th anniversary. Speaking on a panel on Tuesday to mark the OECD’s 60th anniversary, Satyarthi...
Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising
LUCKNOW, India — A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. Officers broke a padlock on the gate of the illegal shoe factory where the boy was working...
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s NGO rescues 1600 trafficked children from exploitation during pandemic
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan said that over 1,600 trafficked children were rescued from “situations of exploitation” in the past eight months Over 1,6oo trafficked children were rescued from “situations of exploitation” in the past...
The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking
By Jessie Yeung and Priyali Sur One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in India's Rajasthan state. He and his friends...