Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. According to COVID-19 and child labour: A time of crisis, a time to act, child labour decreased by 94 million since 2000, but that gain is now at risk. According to the brief, COVID-19 could result in a rise in poverty and therefore to an increase in child labour as households use every available means to survive. Some studies show that a one percentage point rise in poverty leads to at least a 0.7 per cent increase in child labour in certain countries.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/covid-19-and-child-labour-time-crisis-time-act
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/COVID-19-and-Child-Labour-publication.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/unicef
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-labour-organization-ilo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-labour
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unicef
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/labour
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coronavirus
