Child labour
Economic hardship exacts a toll on millions of families worldwide – and in some places, it comes at the price of a child’s safety. Roughly 160 million children were subjected to child labour at the beginning of 2020, with 9 million additional children at risk due to the impact of COVID-19. This accounts for nearly 1 in 10 children worldwide. …, What we do, Children learn in a centre in Jordan in 2019. Children largely from the ethnic Dom community learn in a UNICEF-supported centre in Jordan, in 2019. With many of their families living in poverty, these children become especially vulnerable to negative coping mechanisms, like working on the street. Centres play a key role in identifying children who…, Learn more about child labour, Related resources, UNICEF Humanitarian Practice: COVID-19 Technical Guidance Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward Child Labour: UNICEF Data Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons UNICEF Child Protection Advocacy Brief: Child Labour IOM Handbook for Protection and Assistance for Migrants Vulnerable to Violence,…