Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mortaza, 8 years old, looks out of a classroom window after he attended a school lesson with other boys who split their time ...

More than 100 million children around the world wake up and, instead of heading to school, they go to work, often on farms or in mines. A new report shows progress has been made in reducing child ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, with rates reaching as high as 90 percent in the hardest-hit regions, according to a government study ...

At the end of a hectic day of work, many people in Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste, choose to spend a few minutes of relaxation by the beach area. Ano and his friends, all in third grade, also ...