by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 14, 2020 | News
There are 152 million children in conditions of child labor worldwide, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s annual report published Sept. 30. Of this total, 73 million are working in hazardous conditions and 25 million in situations of forced labor. These...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 17, 2019 | News
Around 152 million children ages 5-17 were involved in child labor during 2018, according to a report published in late September by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Around half of these children (73 million) were working in...
by Pam Strickland | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
“Child labor in the U.S.? That doesn’t happen here.” “I don’t contribute to that.” “I can’t do anything to stop it.” These are common statements I hear because child labor trafficking isn’t discussed much in the United States. Most of us think it happens in...
by Nell Green | Jun 10, 2019 | Opinion
We were in an atelier where they made mosaic tables and other articles. Young boys were fashioning bricks and putting them into wood-burning kilns stretching their arms deep into the fiery furnace. Their arms bore the scars of burns and other accidents. Other boys sat...
by Elizabeth Goatley | Jun 7, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on June 12, 2017. Goatley was an assistant professor of social work in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University at the time of publication. It is republished today in advance of the U.N.’s World Day...
