Did you know?
June 12 (that's today, at least on this side of the International Date Line) is the International Labour Organization's World Day Against Child Labor.
This year, they are focusing on child labor in the agricultural sector:
Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where by far the largest number of working children can be found – an estimated 70 per cent, of whom 132 million are girls and boys aged 5-14. These children are helping to produce the food and beverages we consume. Their labour is used for crops such as cereals, cocoa, coffee, fruit, sugar, palm oil, rice, tea, tobacco and vegetables. They also work in livestock raising and herding, and in the production of other agricultural materials such as cotton and cottonseed.
Want to do something about it? You can take action to stop child labor in the chocolate industry.
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Child labor can not be eliminated until influences Governments to generate rural employment and development. To meet target of 2015 Governments must reevaluate its economic growth policies for illiterate and semiliterate population. http://www.sadashivan.com/
Check my videos on child labor (through youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPk9Jns28k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QlnKpAQ1aA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80UpcatrGI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZCMAwYigzk
A concern of child labour exists from poverty. We have to understand as why children go to work. If parents don't send their children to work I am sure factories will not be able to consume them. Why poor parents feel children as their assets who will earn money for their home?
Posted by sadashivan on September 4, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Posted on September 4, 2007 at 3:43 PM