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However, many instances of child labor in the informal economy (such as child prostitution or drug trafficking) went unrecorded. [5] In 2024, Brazil recorded the lowest level of child labor since 2016, with 1.6 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 still engaged in labor activities. This represents 4.2% of this age group in the country.
The List of countries by child labour rate provides rankings of countries based on their rates of child labour. Child labour is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as participation in economic activity by underage persons aged 5 to 17. Child work harms children, interferes with their education, and prevents their development.
Periodically, governments, employers' and workers' organisations have met in global conference to assess progress and remaining obstacles and to agree measures to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016: first in Oslo (1997), followed by: The Hague (2010); Brasília, 8–10 October 2013; [209] Buenos Aires, 14–16 November 2017; [210 ...
A recent U.S. Department of Labor study showed that Brazil still employs children mostly in the agricultural sector, as well as the mining and textile industries with a total of 16 products. [6] It was estimated by the International Labor Organization that in 2014, forced labor generated $150 billion in annual world wide profit. [7]
Policing hard-to-reach locations. Across the country, 1.9 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 were engaged in child labor in 2022, according to a December report from Brazil’s ...
Fast-fashion giant Shein said it discovered two cases of child labor in its supply chain last year. In its annual sustainability report, Shein disclosed this week that it found minors under age 15 ...
Founded in 1947, the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has published numerous reports on the subject of labor, child labor, forced labor and forced child labor around the world. [15] [16] [17] Since 2009, [18] the Bureau has been issuing an updated List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor yearly. The report listed 122 ...
Bolsa Familia was also found to have been responsible for about 20% of the drop in inequality in Brazil since 2001, which is welcome in one of the most unequal countries on the planet. [40] Research promoted by the World Bank shows a significant reduction in child labor exploitation among children benefited by the Bolsa Família program. [41]