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There are an estimated labourers are employed in
168 million child labourers hazardous environments that
worldwide many of whom are directly endanger their health
engaged in dangerous trades and development.
or working in hazardous While the number of boys
environments. involved in extreme forms of
And while trends seem to be labour is higher than girls,
on the decline, the struggle global estimates are hard
to end the practice is far from to obtain due to the hidden
over. nature of certain types of
According to the International work such as prostitution,
Labour Organisation (ILO) pornography, slavery and
2013 report most child serfdom.
labourers are found in the
agricultural sector with lesser
numbers in service industries By: Maher Soltan
like car repair shops or
restaurants. Regionally the
highest number of children
involved in labour are located
in Asia and Sub-Saharan
Africa.
More than half of child
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