Sam Okyere - Open Democracy 28 Mar 2022 Child labour can’t be abolished through force. To address it, we must attend to why children work in the first place. Explore the Series: Why do children work? 'We will not have food to eat' Why do children work? ‘To attain my future’ ‘They steal our children and beat their parents’: a story of anti-trafficking in Ghana Taken in the name of ‘rescue’: a child responds Why do children work? ‘We have no helper in this world’ View Series