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 ...

Bangladesh made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in 2021 ... another child from a less affluent background straddles the same protruding blades, ...

Data compiled by the UN in early 2020 found that some 160 million children were being subjected to child labour, and that global progress to end it had stalled for the first time in 20 years.