It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
Carol BellamyFor example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
Carol BellamyNew legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.
Carol Bellamy