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CHILD LABOUR

Abused Children's Rights

Realizzato da:
C. G.
C. S.
L. S.
Z. L.
Z. L.

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CAUSES :

FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR
There are many forms of child labour:

WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR?
The term “ child labour ” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.
Long-term health problems, such as respiratory disease and a variety of cancers are common in countries where children are forced to work with dangerous chemicals.
Physical injuries and mutilations are caused by badly maintained machinery. Malnutrition is a result of underdeveloped children performing heavy manual labour.

CONSEQUENCES
During the Industrial Revolution , children often worked long hours in dangerous conditions.
Children as young as six years old , worked hard hours for little or no pay and sometimes they worked up to 19 hours a day, with a one-hour total break.
The treatment of children in factories was often cruel and unusual , and the children's safety was generally neglected. They were useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn’t fit.
Children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly and they could be paid less than adults . Child laborers often worked to help support their families, but were forced to forgo an education.

CHILD LABOUR IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

ARTICLE 37 OF ITALIAN CONSTITUTION
The law establishes the minimum age for paid labour. The Republic protects the work of minors by means of special provisions and guarantees them the right to equal pay for equal work.

ARTICLE 9 OF THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHT OF THE CHILD
"You have the right to be protected against cruel acts or exploitation, e.g. you shall not be obliged to do work which hinders your development either physically or mentally.
You should not have to work before a minimum age, and in no circumstances when that would impair your health, or your moral and physical development".

ROSSO MALPELO
Rosso Malpelo is a short story written in 1878 by Giovanni Verga. The story reflects the social and economic conditions endured by the poor working classes in Southern Italy at the time.
Rosso Malpelo, a red haired youth, was beaten and picked upon for his assumed nastiness, as manifest in his red hair.Sicilians believed people with red hair were malicious and had an evil disposition.
He worked in the sand mine with his father, Misciu, who was killed by a collapse whilst removing a support and Malpelo was affected by the loss of his father.
One day a new boy, who was called Ranocchio, started in the mine and Malpelo took this boy under his wing, giving him a share of his food. Soon Misciu's corpse was found. Not long after, Ranocchio was taken ill and died. Malpelo was left without anyone who cares for him, and finally, during a dangerous work he walked into the mine, but was never seen again.
His name becomes a legend amongst the miners.

IQBAL
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy, living life in a nightmare. At the age of four, his father sold him to a carpet store for twelve dollars.
He was a slave, and worked on looms until the age of ten. He was both verbally and physically abused, and not well fed. Every night, he was chained to his carpet loom.
He escaped, and was eventually saved by founder of the Bondage Labor Liberation Front and then he became a member of this movement.
His speeches raised a lot of interest within Pakistan as to the labor conditions. He was awarded the Reebok Human Rights Youth Award. Then, on April 16, 1995, Iqbal was murdered. In 2000 he received the World's Children's Prize Award for children's rights.