Honduran boy, 12, with barber scissors
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.
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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 barber's 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...