SOUTH ASIA | Pakistan: A couple in Pakistan has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 13-yeard-old house help for "stealing" chocolates. The horrible case came from north-east Pakistan's Rawalpindi.

Pakistan couple nabbed for allegedly killing 13-yeard-old maid who 'stole' chocolates

In a recent social media post, renowned actor-politician Khushbu Sundar, who also serves as a member of the National Commission for Women, shared a photo showcasing a bouquet of flowers she purportedly purchased from young vendors at a Mumbai crossing.

India: BJP leader Khushbu Sundar issues clarification over a 'child vendor' post

The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of migrant children for labour in the U.S.

U.S. begins crackdown against child labour

Biden administration on Monday (February 27) announced steps to reign in "alarming" increase in child labour in the country. Since 2018, the number of illegally employed minors has by two thirds.

US moves to contain 'alarming' increase in child labour

A slaughterhouse cleaning firm in the United States illegally employed over 100 children at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states where they used caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws, and other high-risk equipment, the US Department of Labour said on Friday (February 17).

Over 100 minors illegally employed in hazardous conditions, US firm fined $1.5 million

A Korean-owned auto parts maker and supplier of Hyundai Motors was accused of violating child labour laws by the US Department of Labour, according to Reuters. According to the court filings accessed by Reuters, the SL Alabama LLC company was employing underage workers in Alexander City.

Hyundai parts supplier in US accused of child labour violations

Afghan teenagers are being forced to work in dangerous coal mines amid falling household income in the country. Reports say there are at least 1 million child labourers in Afghanistan.

South Asia Diary: Afghan teens working in coal mines

The New South Wales (NSW) government has unofficially suggested that children as young as 10 could be put on "extended payment plans" or into unpaid work programmes so that they could pay off heavy fines for breaking Covid restrictions.

Child labour? This Australian government wants 10-year-old do unpaid work. Here's why 

Climate disasters are pushing children in Bangladesh out of schools and into the workforce. Almost 1.7 million Bangladeshi children are currently working as labourers. How is climate change spurring child labour? What is the Bangladesh government doing about it? Mariam Wardak tells you.

South Asia Diary | Climate change spurs child labour in Bangladesh

Syria's decade-long conflict has forced children out of the classroom and into child labour, where they work long hours to support their families in difficult conditions to put food on the table and provide education for their siblings, so they don't have to suffer the same fate. Ghadi Francis brings you their story.

The West Asia Post: Syria's children forced out of school and into work

The owner of a factory where 52 people died in a fire was arrested for murder Saturday along with seven others, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.

Bangladesh factory owner held after fire kills 52, child labour enquiry started

Legal action has been launched against some of world's biggest and most famous chocolate companies by eight children. These eight children have claimed they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast, and have alleged the big chocolate companies have been aiding and abetting enslavement of thousands of poor children for cocoa farming.

Children sue Nestlé, Mars and Hershey for child slavery in Ivory Coast

The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely supporting earlier findings that were questioned by both states.

Child labour rising in West Africa cocoa farms despite efforts: Report

On World Day against Child Labour, The United Nations (UN) warned on Friday that coronavirus pandemic could push millions of children into work as family incomes are likely to witness a sharp fall.

UN says coronavirus pandemic could push millions into child labour

The first rise in child labour since the year 2000, according to experts due to global shutdowns the world economy has been forecasted to shrink 3.2% this year. The worldwide child labourers drop significantly to 152 million children from 246 million in the year 2020.

Africa tops with 72.1 MN child labourers: Pandemic pushes millions into poverty

US tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the deaths of child labourers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).

US tech giants accused over cobalt mine child labour abuse

Sneak peek into lives of Tantalum mine workers in Congo

A UN committee has ordered Nepal to compensate a man blocked from seeking justice after suffering years of forced labour, as well as alleged torture in custody as a child.

UN committee faults Nepal in child labour, abuse case

As many as 3,914 children were rescued in Telangana this year from child labour, begging etc and a total of 478 police cases were registered concerning crime against children, police said.

Telangana police rescue 3914 children as part of operation Muskan, 478 cases registered

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, no stranger to controversy, sparked a new brouhaha this week by repeatedly defending the practice of child labour. "I've been working since I was eight years old.

Jair Bolsonaro defends child labour in Brazil, sparks outcry

Children running around railway tracks in scorching Delhi heat, chasing trains and collecting plastic bottles from bogies to sell as scrap is a common sight at the city's railway stations.

U.N. focus on India ahead of World Day Against Child Labour

The battered body of 16-year-old servant Uzma Bibi was found dumped in a canal and her wealthy employer charged with murder, the latest case highlighting the dangers domestic workers — especially children — face in Pakistan.

Killed and dumped in canal: How murder of teenage maid Uzma Bibi forces Pakistan to confront child labour

Three out of every 10 minors in Argentina work for a living, but experts responding to that fact say the country is nonetheless in an excellent position to eliminate and prevent child labour with its defined public policies and under pressure from its international commitments.

Argentina makes push to end child labour

India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday. “In 2017, India made a significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour,” the US Department of Labor said in its annual ‘Child Labour and Forced Labour’ report.

India made significant advancement to eliminate child labour in 2017: US

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