The world's chocolate makers may specialize in delivering a sweet taste but the government of the Ivory Coast is seeking to address what it sees as the bitter treatment of the farmers who grow the industry's raw materials.
From dusk until dawn, 12-year-old Fayaz toils at his uncle's blacksmith shop in Kabul.
A talk with the filmmakers of "Unnoticed: Children of Kabul" -- a film about child labor in Afghanistan.
Nepal is seeing a surge in indentured child labor as the economy is hit by a decline in demand for its hand-woven carpets, according to leading children's groups.
CNN's Gena Somra traces the reasons why Nepal's failing economy could spell danger for children.
Every minute of every day, a child laborer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or trauma, the International Labor Organization said Friday.
Every day, 12-year-old Abed El-Elah and his 10-year-old brother leave school at one in the afternoon and head to work -- selling balloons in the park.
Human rights expert Siddharth Kara explains what jobs he saw children doing on Commonwealth Games construction sites.
Two young Kenyan brothers say they have to work dragging goats to slaughter in order to survive. David McKenzie reports.
Eight-year-old Boku knows there is a trick to moving a goat from the market to the slaughterhouse. He knows you must grab behind both ears and pull. After two years on the job he has learned the hard way.
CNN's Max Foster talks to human trafficking expert Siddharth Kara about what he has seen in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This week I want to write to you about shrimp. Portions of the shrimp industry in Bangladesh involve almost every aspect of contemporary forms of labor exploitation: child labor, bonded labor, forced labor, and indirectly human trafficking.
We spoke to Siddharth Kara from New Delhi about what he has found so far in India and if he was able to document any examples of human trafficking in the country.
CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Harvard fellow Siddharth Kara about human trafficking in South Asia.
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