THE TEN
WORST COUNTRIES FOR CHILD LABOR
The document is
composed of 2 parts :
First there is an article taken from.. it was
published on October 15th 2013 – it was written by …
It is called: the 10 worst countries ….
At the bottom there is a cartoon by Michelle Henry
The doc deals with child labor
I’ll start by talking about the cartoon:
It is divided into 2 parts: on the left there is an American
teenager wearing very expensive shoes. He is not doing anything, he is not working
and yet he has bought $150 shoes. On the left, there is a young girl working in
a factory in Indonesia. She is barefoot – she has no shoes but she is working
hard. The cartoonist shows the contrast / the gap between rich and poor countries.
She denounces the exploitation of children by brands like Nike.
The document deals with the same issue. First there
is a list of developing countries that use child labor. But emerging countries
with a booming economy also use child labor, for ex. China or Russia.
There are several reasons: first the children
come from poor families – they need to work to bring in extra money, to help their
families financially – in emerging countries there are laws that protect
children but they are not really enforced, that’s why child labor can exist.
This situation has a negative impact on the
children: they don’t go to school, they have no access to education , they are
exploited, their salaries are very low. To sum up their basic human rights are
not respected.
The article points out that the situation is
improving in some parts of the world. Child
labor is decreasing a little - I quote:
line 19 to 20 ‘in September …. In 2008”) but it is still an alarming issue.
In my opinion, this situation is unacceptable
There are several solutions – actions
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Boycott brands that use child
labor like Nike – it is the consumer’s responsibility
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Protect children – create awareness
campaigns
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Denounce the situation on social
media – create an hashtag ‘stop child labor’
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It is important to give them
access to education. Otherwise, they will be poor and exploited all their lives
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This is really unfair: there is
a huge gap between the rich and the poor and the gap is growing
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In the 21st century child
labor must be abolished
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Optimistic or pessimistic?
