Half of child workers involved in life-threatening jobs

Shockingly, 85 million children across the world are still doing jobs that directly endanger their health and safety. The British Safety Council calls upon the 190 UN Member States that have ratified the CRC, to live up to their commitments to stop this from happening.

Alex Botha, Chief Executive, British Safety Council said, “The International Labour Organisation tell us that of the 168 million child labourers in the world, 85 million are doing hazardous work. It’s unacceptable that there are still many countries that committed to stop this from happening that have not taken sufficient action to protect child labourers.”