Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“News about global efforts to end child labor – and ensure each child’s growth, protection, and innocence – is encouraging. A new report shows the number of children put to work has declined by 22 million in the past five years. This latest drop is part of a 25-year trend that’s seen a 44% decline, aside from an upward blip during the pandemic. In 2000, there were an estimated 245.5 million child laborers. The progress stems not only from better laws and enforcement but also from expanding economies and access to education. In 1990, an international treaty on the rights of children … came into force. After a decade of campaigns against the use of child workers by international companies, new trade rules began to curb the practice. Yet, according to Kailash Satyarthi, an activist against child labor and corecipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, something else is going on.” (06/16/25)