Great Regulars: Child labor was often hidden behind

the real and non-exploitive help that children bring to family farms. However, such help often keeps children out of school and thus outside the possibility of joining the modern sector of the economy. The ILO estimates that of the some 200 million child laborers in the world, some 70 percent are in agriculture, 10 percent in industry/mines and the others in trade and services --often as domestics or street vendors in urban areas. Globally, Asia accounts for the largest number of child workers --122 million, Sub-Saharan Africa, 50 million, and Latin America and the Caribbean, 6 million.

from René Wadlow: Media for Freedom: World Efforts to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor

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