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VIDEO: 12-year-old boy takes up barber’s job to help family in Honduras

17 Aug 2022

Gulf Today Report Two of his brothers and several of his friends emigrated to the United States in search of better opportunities, but Eduardo Espinal, a 12-year-old boy, is...

Sheikha Jawaher issues directive to establish 'Kanaf' higher committee in Sharjah

07 Aug 2022

Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), has issued a directive to...

The malaise of bonded labour

24 Feb 2022

Our bus rolled into Kalagarh, India. It was winter and just before midnight. I wanted to check out on the foodstuff being hawked at the bus stand. Piping hot...

Congo’s child miners swap hammers for books

11 Aug 2021

Ange Kasongo, Reuters Squeezed on to benches and on the floor, the Congolese students of Kipushi Primary School did not complain that they only had a few, battered textbooks...

Up to Dhs50,000 fine, jail for violating children's rights in UAE

15 Mar 2021

The Public Prosecution on Monday published an awareness video on its social media accounts, coinciding with the Emirati Children’s Day. The video highlights the potential punishments for exposing children...

New Zealand child abuse inquiry finds 256,000 harmed in state and faith-based care institutions

17 Dec 2020

Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were physically and sexually abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions from the 1960s...

Child labour rising in India amid coronavirus lockdown

12 Dec 2020

A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra....

6-year-old disfigured after saving sister from dog attack in US

15 Jul 2020

Gulf Today Report With his blue eyes, slim body and 90 stitches in his face, a 6-year-old American child turned into a true hero, after succeeding in saving his...

COVID-19 to undo decades of progress on child labour

03 Jul 2020

Shashank Bengali and Zulfiqar Ali, Tribune News Service The boys struck out from their village in Pakistan’s rugged tribal belt and came to this frontier city to work at...

Bollywood star Madhuri on child labour: Children belong in schools and loving homes

12 Jun 2020

Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit has a strong message against child labour, a practice still rampant in several parts of India. On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour...

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