As child labor violations soar across the country ... as well as migrant children arriving from Latin America. In 2023, teens ages 16 to 19 were working or looking for work at the highest annual ...

America's child care crisis "can be broken down into ... The child care industry is "labor-intensive and requires a high level of staffing, raising the financial burden on centers and increasing ...

Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to rug ... We have found similar problems in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States: children who work for too many hours and ...

In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, child laborers in artisanal ... We are working to end the worst forms of child labor and to ensure that all children are protected from jobs that interfere ...

One thing is universal: whether they are growing coffee or cocoa, rice or corn, all parents want their children to get the best start in life. Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that ...

Generations of workers have simply absorbed the chaos of balancing labor and child care, and the pandemic exposed how underappreciated -- and broken -- the nation’s child care system is.

After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work. Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, is teeming with young vendors. Most of them are children ...