Jammu, June 13 -- South Asia has 14.3 million child-labours out of 138 million globally
By Dr. Gyan Pathak
In 2015, the United Nations set a goal to end child labour worldwide by 2025 but progress has been slow and halting. World has missed the target. It has 138 million children between 5 and 17 years of age in child labour, while South Asia has 14.3 million with most of them obviously in India, being the largest populated country in the region. The world was able to eliminate only 20 million child labour since 2020, meaning thereby, the fight against child labour to continue for decades.
The new joint report of International Labour Organization and UNICEF on Child Labour says that out of 138 million children in child labour 59 million ...