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.
D'Artagnan was born near Lupiac in south-western France. His father, Bertrand de Batz (de Baatz), was the son of a newly ennobled merchant, Arnaud de Batz, who purchased the castle of Castelmore. Charles de Batz went to Paris in the 1630s, using the name of his mother, daughter of an illustrious family, FranÃ§oise de Montesquiou d'Artagnan.