The Basics
This is the primary cause of child labor in many countries today.
What is poverty?
Businesses favored hiring children for these two main reasons during the Industrial Revolution. :)
Why they were small and could fit in tiny spaces, they could be paid less?
Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo often mine the cobalt used in these "green" and high-tech products.
What is the production of electric car/phone batteries or solar panels?
This international organization sets the minimum working age at 14 and prohibits anyone under 18 from hazardous work.
What is the International Labor Organization?
This UN agency works to eliminate harmful forms of child labor by focusing on improving the social service workforce and community education.
What is UNICEF.
This sector of the economy has the most people in child labor.
What is agriculture?
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as this age were known to work in factories.
What is four years old.
In Texas, this is the minimum age to be legally employed, with a few specific exceptions like for the entertainment industry or working for parents in a non-hazardous job.
What is 14 years old.
This seal is on chocolate that means it is not made by child labor. (the one with a frog on it)
What is Rainforest Alliance.
You should do this first when trying to help end child labor.
What is educating yourself?
This gender is in child labor more.
What are boys?
This specific country is the source of half the US imports of cocoa beans and has significant child labor issues in its cocoa industry.
What is the Ivory Coast.
In recent years, companies in this country have been fined for employing children in hazardous jobs at fast-food restaurants, meatpacking plants, and lawnmower parts factories.
What is the United States?
A push was made in the 1920's to add this to the Constitution, though it failed to be ratified by enough states.
What is an amendment?(The Child Labor Amendment)
Besides checking for a certification badge, you can do this to a company directly to ask about their labor policies.
What is email or call the company?
This county has the highest percent of kids in child labor.
What is South Sudan.
The UN set this specific year as a goal to eliminate child labor entirely.
When is 2025?
This shimmery mineral, often mined by children in Madagascar, is a common ingredient in products like paints, car parts, and most surprisingly, cosmetics like foundation and eyeshadow.
What is mica?
This organization, founded in 1904, used investigations and photographs to expose the harsh conditions of child laborers in the United States.
What is the National Child Labor Committee?
When shopping, I can prioritize goods that display these kinds of labels, which show whether they are made through ethical production.
What are fair trade (or certified ethical) labels?
This many kids worldwide are engaged in child labor.
Who are 138 million children.
Before this year, some people argued child labor laws limited the "personal freedom" of children to work.
When is 1930?
This many minors were found unemployed in 2024.
Who are 4,030 minors?
Known as "Mother," this labor activist led a march of mill children from Philadelphia to President Roosevelt's house to draw attention to their working conditions
Who is Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Buying products certified by this organization, which was founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, helps ensure rugs are free of child labor.
What is GoodWeave