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Blogger Cites Child Labor at Commonwealth Games in India

In addition to charges or corruption and general mismanagement in the preparations for the Games,

New rule impacts young workers at nursing homes

His hours were cut because of a change in federal child labor laws that prohibit teens from

Africa & Child Labor

Four in 10 African children work. There are an estimated 80 million child workers in Africa and the

India

India is home to one-fifth of the world’s child

Birth Registration

The number of every 20 children born in Somalia and Liberia that have their birth registered: One

Where is Child Labor Most Rampant?

Asia and the Pacific still has the largest numbers–almost 78 million or 9.3% of child

Slavery

The average cost of a human slave around the world today:

Trafficking in the U.S.

The estimated number of slaves trafficked into the U.S. each year:

Slavery

The number of human slaves around the world: 27 million [source: Free the Slaves,