Some 168 million children remain trapped in child labor—11 percent of the world’s child population—even as 200 million young adults in 2012 were working but earning less than $2 per day, according to an International Labor Organization (ILO) report. The report, released for World Day against Child Labor June 12, finds that at its core, child labor is about a lack of good jobs for adults—decent work with good wages and social protections that enables parents to support their families. Read more at the Solidarity Center.
photo courtesy of the Solidarity Center
photo courtesy of the Solidarity Center