child labor
The Kids Who Live and Work in Indonesian Graveyards
Riski is seven years old and spends nearly all his time in Pondok Kelapa Public Cemetery, where he's a sort of funeral director, gravedigger, and night watchman.
An Inside Look at Human Trafficking in Nepal
Nothing better sums up the odd relationship between traffickers, children, reporters, and the police than a visit to a sari factory in Thankot, on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
Bolivia Passed a Law Allowing Ten-Year-Olds to Work
For the 850,000 kids there who already work, the law is a huge victory: Children, just like adults, will now be entitled to a minimum wage, and they'll have full protection under the law. Of course, the dangers are obvious, too. Did Bolivia just create...
Syrian Children Become Young Breadwinners in Jordan
Three months ago, a car mechanic in the Jordan Valley decided to do a neighboring Syrian family a favor. From 8 AM to 8 PM, six days a week, their eldest son, 12-year-old Abdullah, could toil in his shop, in heat that locals describe as "fire." The boy...
In Photos: Murder, Misery and Children in Albania’s Mining Industry
It’s rare enough that labor rights are respected for public employees in Albania, let alone for children working for warring gangsters.
Meet the Children and Pregnant Women Carrying Rocks All Day for Albania's Mining Pirates
According to the Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania, 88 miners have died in their line of work only in the last five years. Many more have been severely injured or crippled. No one really knows how many deaths and injuries occur in the informal...
In Photos: Syrian Refugee Youth Workers' Lives in Lebanon
The majority of able-bodied Syrian refugee youth spend their days on streets selling flowers and behind the counters of restaurants.
Child Workers Are Getting Nicotine Poisoning on US Tobacco Farms
Interviews with laborers aged between seven and 17 on farms in the South revealed children with symptoms of Green Tobacco Sickness.
Is Obama Going to Do Anything About Dangerous Child Labor on Southern Tobacco Farms?
Short answer: Probably not.
Child Workers of the World, Unite!
In Bolivia, some NGOs and activists have been trying—seemingly against all good sense—to lower the legal working age from 14 to six years old.
Syria's Oil Industry Uses Lots of Child Labor
Deir ez-Zor, Syria’s sixth-largest city, is also the country’s oil capital. It's polluted, dangerous, and dependent on child workers.
Unaccompanied Miners
On one of my last days in Potosí, I finally managed to arrange a meeting with a child miner who makes his living in the depths of Cerro Rico