The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report 'Youth and skills: Putting education to work', will be launched at UNESCO in Paris, France.

UNESCO: Education Events | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Many girls were taken out of school to help out at home because their mothers had to work longer hours for less pay, the report found.

BBC: Girls and women 'hit the hardest' by global recession

In January, Apple released a report saying that last year only 38% of its suppliers met its standard for a maximum 60-hour work week and at least one day off every seven.

WSJ: Audit Finds Apple Supplier Violates Chinese Work Rules

See our latest report, Info Workers Using Mobile And Personal Devices For Work Will Transform Personal Tech Markets, for a more detailed look at how information workers are bringing personal devices to work.

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