Child labour is work that interferes with compulsory schooling or damages children’s health and personal development. Thanks to continuous efforts at the international and local level, recent global data,1 show that the number of children engaged in child labour worldwide has significantly declined from 215 to 168 million children (40 percent decline for girls and 25 percent for boys).
Despite this progress, approximately 98 million boys and girls aged of 5-17 are still engaged in child labour in agriculture, one of the three
most dangerous sectors to work in. Hazardous work is one of the worst forms of child labour; it is likely to harm the health and safety of
children as they may be exposed to toxic chemicals, use dangerous tools, carry heavy loads, work on fishing boats at night or herd livestock in prolonged isolation.