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 and daughter Charlotte arrive at The Orange British Academy Film Awards in February 2006 in London. Charlotte, 41, died last week of ovarian cancer, the same disease that claimed her mother two decades ago. James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is mourning the tragic death of his daughter, who succumbed to the same disease that killed her mother and her grandmother. Charlotte Brosnan, 41, a mother of two, died of ovarian cancer last week in London. Pierce Brosnan, the Irish actor who starred in four 007 films, lost his wife, Cassandra Harris, to the disease in 1991. Her mother, Charlotteâs grandmother, also died from ovarian cancer.