1 The proportion of children engaged in child labour in Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the highest of any region at around 25.3%. 2  This means that in this region, approximately one child in every 4 can be classified as a child labourer. In contrast, for the same age group, the number of children in economic activity is increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2  There has been a welcome 15% decrease in the number of girls in child labour. 3  Boys, however, saw their work increase.
Brosnan was born in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth,[2] Ireland, the only child of Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter, and May (nÃ©e Smith, born circa 1934). He lived in Navan, County Meath for 12 years and considers it his hometown.[4] Brosnan's father abandoned the family when Pierce was an infant.
Pierce Brosnan is all too familiar with the pain of personal loss and grief. While promoting his new AMC show The Son, the 63-year-old actor recently opened up about the heartbreak of his past â twin tragedies that struck 22 years apart: Brosnan lost his first wife, Cassandra, and their daughter, Charlotte to ovarian cancer.