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Jordan poverty driving more children into work: rights body
A civil society group warned this week that child labour in Jordan is on the increase due to "unfair" economic policies and increasing poverty in the kingdom. Jordan Labour Watch said that around 76,000 children in Jordan are in work with 60 percent engaged in hazardous occupations, such as in landfills, handling heavy machinery, or working night shifts. The rights group launched a five-day campaign on Saturday dubbed "Children Not Laborers" aimed at ending the practice. Jordanian law forbids employers from hiring anyone aged under 16, and bans under-18s from engaging in hazardous work. A spokesperson for the Jordanian ministry of labour said on Monday that it had

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