The United Nations (UN) warned today that due to the coronavirus pandemic, a greater number of children will be forced to work.
The increase in the number of children forced to work would be recorded for the first time in two decades.
According to a joint research by the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) and the International Labor Organization, the number of working children in the world has decreased by 94 million since 2000.
"This achievement is now at risk" due to the pandemic, warns the UN.
According to a study and data from the World Bank, the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to increase from 40 to 60 million this year due to the Kovid-19 epidemic.
According to the latest estimates of the International Labor Organization in the period 2012-2016. 152 million children in the world were forced to work.
Almost half - 73 million, worked in dangerous jobs.
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