Brazil: About 20% of children perform some paid work, according to study
measured the underreporting of child labor in Brazil and concluded that the actual number of children between 7 and 14...
April 14, 2022Topic
Child Labor
UN suggests list of 55 measures for post-Covid Brazil
Prioritizing the reopening of safe schools. Guaranteeing universal basic income. Connecting all children and adolescents to the internet by 2030....
September 29, 2021
Brazil’s chocolate industry embraces blockchain to control cocoa production
Companies in Brazil and abroad now use blockchain technology to control cocoa beans and prevent social and environmental damage in...
July 7, 2021
ILO Reports Latin American Labor Market Retreated a Decade Because of Covid-19
Latin America's labor markets have regressed by at least ten years due to the Covid-19 crisis, which has closed at...
December 18, 2020
Child Labor Problem in Brazil Not Likely to be Solved Soon
The latest comment by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, on child labor rules in the country has stirred up controversy among...
July 11, 2019
Over 17.3 Million Children Live Under Poverty Line in Brazil
Report by children's rights advocacy group shows Brazil may not meet UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
April 25, 2018
Brazil Struggles to Reduce Child Labor
Brazil will not achieve targets for the eradication of “worst forms” of child labor in the country by 2015, according...
June 4, 2013
The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives
Dorothy Stang, the 73-year-old American killed in the Amazon Basin in 2005, is remembered by a famous picture where she...
June 4, 2013