Gravel Quarries

The gravel quarries of Orissa, India were some of the most brutal workplaces imaginable, what with the heat, the choking dust and noise.

Photo EssaysU.R. RomanoFebruary 1, 2018Orissa, India, child laborComment

Coffee Plantations

In the Rift Valley of Kenya, 60% of the workers on this coffee plantation are girls under 14 years of age.

Photo EssaysU.R. RomanoFebruary 1, 2018Kenya, coffee, child laborComment

The Harvest

There are between 400,000 and 500,000 children working in American agriculture. They work alongside their families in every state picking our fruits and vegetables and missing school.

Photo EssaysU.R. RomanoFebruary 1, 2018agriculture, child labor, USAComment

Lightbulb Factory

Bonded and forced labor is usually hidden from view. Youngsters trafficked from poor rural areas to the city, are held and forced to work up to 20 hours a day for years at a time without pay.

Photo EssaysU.R. RomanoFebruary 1, 2018India, child labor, manufacturingComment

Brickmakers in Bengal

Thousands of brick kilns line the riverbanks in Bengal and the surrounding states of India. Most of the workers here are bonded slave laborers.

Photo EssaysU.R. RomanoFebruary 1, 2018India, Orissa, child laborComment