Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mortaza, 8 years old, looks out of a classroom window after he attended a school lesson with other boys who split their time ...

A new report from UNICEF finds that there's been a lot of progress in the last 5 years when it comes to tackling child labor in many parts of the world. But sub-Saharan Africa has made less progress.

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

Cologne, Jun. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Nearly 138 million minors were engaged in child labour worldwide in 2024, according to a new report released on Wednesday by UNICEF and the International Labour ...

More than 100 million children around the world wake up and, instead of heading to school, they go to work, often on farms or in mines. A new report shows progress has been made in reducing child ...