Ghana: Alarming Rise in Children Moving Into the Labor Force
Increasingly, children are moving into the labor force of the West African nation of Ghana at an alarming rate, reports All Africa. At eleven years old, Thema, a native of Kumasi, hopes to be a nurse...
View ArticleThousands of Children Being Used to Work in Gold Mines in Africa
The combination of crippling poverty and a lack of visible job opportunities have pushed children in many African countries to work in gold mines to earn meager wages, often with the blessing of their...
View ArticleWorking on US Tobacco Farms Making Child Laborers Sick, Report Says
Kids under 18 can’t buy cigarettes in the U.S., but they can legally work in tobacco fields when they’re as young as 12. One of those kids is Eddie Ramirez, 15, who works the fields in the summer. “It...
View ArticleThese Tech Companies Were Exposed For Selling You Electronics Made With Child...
For more than 80 years U.S. companies have exploited a loophole in the ban on importing products made with slave labor. Take a look to see some of the the companies that benefited from the...
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