CHILD LABOR

Every year, the World Day Against Child Labor recalls that there are millions of children around the world who carry out an economic activity, in many cases under exploitative conditions. The areas where child labor is of particular concern are Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Saharan and Northern Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. In them, some children survive as authentic young slaves, with physical threats or in conditions of sexual violence. For years, they are forced to work long hours and with very low wages