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Child labour worldwide increases for first time in 20 years

Sarah Best

17th June 2021

UNICEF has said that child labour has risen worldwide for the first time in two decades.

At the start of 2020, it is believed that approximately 160 million children were working and although numbers were decreasing, with the onset of the pandemic this has increased once again. Nearly 1/10 children are stuck in child labour.

This article could be used for the Global Development unit.

Sarah Best

Sarah is a passionate full-time Head of Sociology and Psychology and has worked in a variety in schools in the UK, and she is currently working in a British international school. She is keen to develop and boost the profile of both subjects.

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