October 7th, 2010: Malian children demonstrate against child labor in Sikasso, Mali
October 6th, 2010: Eleven new countries have added their names to a growing United Nations-backed list of states that have pledged to halt child recruitment
According to UNICEF, every year around 1,000 Mozambican women and children are sold to brothels in South Africa and other countries. Thousands of girls from Ethiopia are trafficked to the Middle East to work as domestic servants.
October 5th, 2010: Irrespective of how Thomas Lubanga’s trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) concludes, it has indisputably helped to catapult into the global limelight the phenomenon and plight of child soldiers.
Four in 10 African children work. There are an estimated 80 million child workers in Africa and the number is growing.
India is home to one-fifth of the world’s child population.
The number of every 20 children born in Somalia and Liberia that have their birth registered: One [According to the United Nations, ‘without a birth certificate, youngsters are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, trafficking, and illegal adoption.”]
Asia and the Pacific still has the largest numbers–almost 78 million or 9.3% of child population, but Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest incidence of child labor–59 million, over 21%). Source: ILO
The average cost of a human slave around the world today: $90
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