Source: Reuters - Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:00 GMT
-
Child workforce doubled in five years
-
Nearly 3,000 under legal working age - official figures
-
Unofficial estimates says number twice as high
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA, March 30 (Reuters) - Child labour has risen sharply in Gaza, where youngsters toiling in garages and on construction sites have become breadwinners for families feeling the brunt of the Palestinian enclave's 43 percent unemployment rate.
Read the story on the Thomson Reuters Foundation