Child and forced labour: Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton

Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country managed to accelerate the fight against child and forced labour during the 2020 cotton production cycle, according to a new ILO report.

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