Author: Carla Denly, UCLA World Policy Analysis Center

  • Children's rights and child labor in hazardous jobs around the world

    Nearly half of the countries that ratified the U.N. agreement still allow children to work in jobs that endanger their health and safety.Twenty-five years ago this month, the countries that compose the United Nations reached a landmark agreement that laid the foundation for much-needed strengthening of children’s rights and protections in nearly every country around…