Between 2000 and 2016 the number of children working in factories, on farms and down mines fell by almost 94 million, to 152m. Yet in the four years to 2020 progress has reversed, with an extra 8m children working, and some 6.5m more doing dangerous jobs. In Ivory Coast, judges have jailed dozens of people in recent months for putting children to work on cocoa plantations. supplied In Ivory Coast, judges have jailed dozens of people in recent months for putting children to work on cocoa plantations (file photo). Schemes in which parents are paid modest sums to keep their children in school have proved effective at reducing child labour.

Source: Stuff September 21, 2021 21:38 UTC