Child Labour Today:

During The Industrial Revolution First Came To Britain And The U.S., There Was A High Demand For Labor. Families Quickly Migrated From The Rural Farm Areas To The Newly Industrialized Cities To Find Work. Once They Got There, Things Did Not Look As Bright As They Did. To Survive In Even The Lowest Level Of Poverty, Families Had To Have Every Able Member Of The Family Go To Work. This Led To The High Rise In Child Labor In Factories. Children Were Not Treated Well, Overworked, And Underpaid For A Long Time Before Anyone Tried To Change Things For...

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Child labor is one of the worst forms of exploitation.

 Children Have The Right To Be Children Child labor is one of the worst forms of exploitation. Child workers are deprived of schooling, forced to work in dangerous situations, beaten and sexually abused, and crippled by work-related illnesses and injuries. Children are sold or indentured to employers who pay impoverished families for the use of their children. An ensuing cycle of poverty pushes adults from their jobs and drives down wages worldwide. For more than 200 million children, today is a workday, not a school day. Children as...

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Facts About Children and Poverty

Children Have The Right To Be  ChildrenChildhood Should Be A Happy Time Spent Playing With Friends, Enjoying A Favorite Toy — Even Planning For The First Day Of School. But Children In The Developing World Spend Most Of Their Childhood Struggling To Survive, Without Much Hope For A Secure, Productive Life. About 25,000 People Die Every Day Of Hunger Or Hunger-Related Causes, According To The United Nations. This Is One Person Every Three And...

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