Federal grants to fight child labour worldwide axed in major DOGE cuts

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Federal grants to fight child labour worldwide axed in major DOGE cuts - Business Standard

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The Bureau of International Labour Affairs helped reduce the number of child labourers worldwide by 78 million over the last two decades, including by issuing grants to international organizations, according to the Department of Labour.

But billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency terminated all of ILAB's grants, according to the DOGE website, and the grant-funded programs are being closed down, according to an email to Department of Labour employees obtained by The Associated Press.

The Trump administrated has cancelled millions of dollars in international grants that a Department of Labour division administered to combat child labour and slave labour around the world.