Source: Zenit
GENEVA, Switzerland, MAY 12, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Though there is a declining number of children being forced to work, the trend over the last decade shows the rate of that decline is slowing.
According to the latest report from the International Labor Organization (ILO), covered as well by L'Osservatore Romano, there are still today more than 215 million children working, often in agriculture.
More than half of them -- 115 million -- are employed in activities that the ILO describes as dangerous, although not reaching forms of slavery, per se.
Between 2004 and 2008 the number of child laborers decreased from 222 million to 215 million, with a drop of just 3%, whereas between 2000 and 2004 the number decreased by 10%.
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