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Child workers

World news about “Child workers” published by euronews.

  • Putting an end to child labour

    10.5 million children around the world are working in dangerous sometimes even slave-like conditions according to estimates. On the World Day Against Child… 12/06/2013

  • The boys and girls who’d rather go to school

    This week in Learning World, we look at the issue of child labour. An estimated 250 million children are forced to work rather than go to school, due to… 04/01/2013

  • India : A rainbow of sarees

    An Indian boy hangs up sarees, the traditional cloth for Indian women, on the roof of a cotton factory in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Krishnendu… 01/12/2012

  • The Great Escape: children break free from crises

    We hear the uplifting story of 13 year old Kesz Valdez, once reduced to scrabbling for survival among the rubbish tips of Manila, now he is the proud… 02/11/2012

  • Children clean Libyan rebel weapons – nocomment

    An organised group of children sat on mats and cleaned assault rifles in Libya’s rebel-held city of Misrata. 16/07/2011

  • Child workers – not always a bad thing

    Tackling child labour remains one of the greatest challenges facing both the developed and developing worlds. It is estimated some 200 million children are… 06/06/2011

  • World Day Against Child Labour

    To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, police and child protection activists in New Delhi, India, raided a series of sweatshops and factories and rescued… 12/06/2012

  • Child labour warning to austerity-hit Portugal

    Human rights are at risk as austerity bites in Portugal, the Council of Europe is claiming. It fears a return to child labour with youngsters forced to go… 10/05/2012


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