Child Labor

One in 10 children are laboring in the global economy today. Often forfeiting the chance to ever begin school, these children have the highest illiteracy rates in the world.

For further information please read Child Labor fact sheet and Child Labor industries.

Additional Information:

Child Labor and Cocoa written by Marie Ciccone

Child Labor and Mica By Ethel Howley, SSND

Child Labor and Technology by Pat Glinka, SSND

Child Labor and Mining By Sister Joan Pikiell

Child Labor in the Leather Industry written by Sister Maureen Michael Byrne, 

 

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