The number of child workers in Yemen has more than doubled since 2001, from 600,000 to 1,300,000 according to...Muna Salem, director of Child Labor Control Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor...Salem says children represent 46 percent of the population...Often they are the main breadwinners in these families. The Ministry...is also reaching out to families, warning them of the dangers of child labor. The same survey indicated that 15 percent of the 467,000 children aged between 5-11 years old work in fields that are deemed unsuitable for children, including professions like carpentry.