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Child Labor Worldwide: It's Still a Problem
Most nations have laws that prohibit child labor. Yet throughout the world, children in large numbers can be seen toiling in sweatshops, hauling concrete, tilling fields, plucking garbage or peddling shoes.
In some societies, children are employed in work that pays little, if anything at all, a condition resembling near-slavery. Domestic chores occupy the time of these two rural Mauritanian girls.
In some societies, children are employed in work that pays little, if anything at all, a condition resembling near-slavery. Domestic chores occupy the time of these two rural Mauritanian girls.
01 January 1978
Mauritania
Photo # 84088
