Cambodia Struggling to Curb Child Labor
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Channel: Voice of America · 2015 · News & Politics
Earlier this year a United Nations report found 10 percent of Cambodian children aged 7-14 are working – one of the highest rates in the region – and said one in four children in that age bracket are forced to quit school to help their families. Although the child labor rate has dropped over the past decade, Cambodia has a lot more to do – including keeping more children in school. Robert Carmichael reports for VOA from Phnom Penh. Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2833585.html