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Article

31 Aug 2006

Author:
Kelly Olsen, AP

Child labor in Asia declining a bit

The good news is that child labor in Asia is decreasing. The bad news? It's not declining fast enough. Despite a drop of about 5 million since 2000, working children number an estimated 122 million in Asia, or 64 percent of the worldwide total, according to the International Labor Organization... [Children] work in the fields, in factories...or even in dangerous worksites, like mines... South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, India, [Nepal,] Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, remains a child labor hotspot...