US EditionAfrica: The World Pledged to End Child Labour By 2025 - So Why Are 138 Million Kids Still Working?
- On June 11, 2025, the ILO and UNICEF released a report showing 138 million children still face child labour worldwide despite global efforts.
- This follows the United Nations' 2015 goal to end child labour by 2025, but progress has been slowed by poverty and global funding cuts.
- The report highlights that two-thirds of child labourers are in sub-Saharan Africa, with many working in hazardous sectors like mining and agriculture.
- ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo stated, "we still have a long way to go," while 54 million children endure dangerous work conditions.
- The report calls for rapid progress through improved education access, legal enforcement, and support for families to break the poverty-driven cycle.
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Report reveals that while child labour has been reduced by almost half since the beginning of the century, the targets for eradicating this practice have not yet been met
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der Standard DEHowever, the UN is failing to achieve its goal. A supply chain law could help, but it is facing the challenge in the EU.
In fields or factories, still close to 138 million children were working in 2024 around the world, according to a UN report which fears that, with slow progress, the elimination of child labour will be postponed by "hundreds of years".
In the world, 160 million children are victims of child labour and exploitation, according to data from the International Labour Organization and UNICEF.
In fields or factories, still nearly 138 million children were working in 2024 around the world, according to a UN report.
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