Child labour is any work children engage in that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such work is prohibited by legislatio
A Palestinian child labourer at the Kalya Junction, Lido beach, Delek petrol station, road 90 near the Dead Sea
A child labourer in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Child coal miners in Prussia, late 19th century
A Chinese child repairing shoes, late 19th century
Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century. Outside agriculture, it gradually declined in the early 20th century, except in the South which added c
Child labour
…a film by Shoaib Sultan based on the child labour activist Iqbal Masih tragic murder. See also Lewis Hine used photography to help bring attention to child labour in the United States. He created this poster in 1914 with an appeal about child labour. Child abuse Child labour in Africa Child labour in Bangladesh Child labour in India…
Rose Biodo, a 10-year-old worker in Philadelphia, c. 1910. Photo by Lewis W. Hine.
1900 ad for McCormick farm machines: "McCormick machines are so easy to handle that your boy can successfully operate them in the field"
Children working with mules in a coal mine in West Virginia in 1908.
Child coal miners ride a horse after working hours in Scranton, Pennsylvania, about 1904