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Eduardo Espinal runs his own barber shop in a small zinc-roofed building in Honduras and opens the doors at 8am for a 12-hour workday. He is 12 years old.

In 2021, more than one in 10 Honduran children aged five to 18 were working

Eduardo Espinal runs his own barber shop from a small zinc-roofed building in Honduras, opening the doors at 8:00 am for a 12-hour workday. He is 12 years old.

Childhood cut short: Honduran boy, 12, wielding barbers shears

Child labour is a reality in Honduras and in many other Latin American countries, although the laws prohibit it. In 2021, some 256,000 children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18 were working in Honduras...

Eduardo Espinal runs his own barber shop from a small zinc-roofed building in Honduras, opening the doors at 8am for a 12-hour workday. He is 12 years old. When it is quiet, he plays hide-and-seek or soccer with his friends. He has not been to school since last year. Although it is illegal in Honduras for children under 14 to work, Eduardo is one of tens of thousands who do so in the poverty and crime-plagued Central American country. Last year, more than one in 10 Honduran children aged five to...