Cuts hurt world’s most vulnerable children

TODAY is World Day against Child Labour.

Cuts hurt world’s most vulnerable children
Fri, 12 Jun, 2009 - 01:00
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According to the International Labour Organisation, there are 218 million child labourers worldwide — 100 million of them girls.

They work at anything from farming, domestic labour and factory work right through to mining, construction and other heavy work.

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