Child Labour Grows

 A mere 35 billion US dollars per annum – equivalent to 10 days of military spending – would ensure all children in all countries benefit from social protection. Satyarthi said the 35 million US dollars was far from a big ask. Nor was the 22 billion US dollars needed to ensure education for all children. He said this was the equivalent of what people in the US spent on tobacco over six days.

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi told the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour said this was a small price to pay considering the catastrophic consequences of the increase in child labour since 2016, after several years of decline in child labour numbers.

An estimated 160 million kids are child labourers, and unless there is a drastic reversal, another 9 million are expected to join their ranks.

The G7, the world’s wealthiest countries, had never debated child labour.

It’s Time To Globalise Compassion, Says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi | Inter Press Service (ipsnews.net)