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= CHILD LABOR =

//"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." - Walt Disney //


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-Children that are involved in labor are usually faced with another problem/issue: Sexual and physical abuse from their employers. (Free The Children) ======

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-Children are working under conditions that are unhealthy for them and could cause fatal diseases or condition. (Free The Children) ======

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-Intolerable and harmful work restricts/or damages a child's physical, emotional, intellectual, social/or spiritual growth. (Free The Children) =====

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-Exposing children to hazardous environments and conditions such as: noise, heat, certain chemicals, and toxics (Child Labour in Developing Countries) =====

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-Not only do children in labor suffer from short term effects (bruises, cuts, injuries etc.), they are also expected to get long term effects including: cancer, chronic back pain, IQ reduction (Hazardous Child Labour) =====

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-Children get sexually harassed and abused at work.  ===== [] 

How is the issue affecting the world?


// Children of today are the people of tomorrow. They are the next generation that's going to impact the world. //
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-This issue increases the number of people who are affected by poverty in the world. As many teenagers work because of poverty, it disallows them to attend school. In return, the lack of education makes them unable to get a proper and more successful occupation, keeping them in the poverty line their whole lives. (Labour 'still rife in Nigeria' SOS) ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Stunting children's potential: Dying at the age of 18 is the fate many child laborers suffer. This affects the world population. Also, as mentioned before, child labour disallows many children to get proper education. The world's economy is then affected as many job positions that require an education will be vacant. (How does child labour affect the world's economy?) ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-You can see how this issue affects the world by looking at the consequence without it: If the supply of labor decreases, then the wages of adult workers will increase (The political economy of child labor and its impact on international business). ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Affects future generations: As child labour exposes children to a higher chance of abuse, it makes them more likely to grow up into abusive parents. Child abuse also cause higher chances of mental retardation, premature infancy, as well as social problems like unemployment, broken homes, drug addiction and other social vices. (Nigeria: Country leads in child labor) ====== <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Without this issue, organizations that spend money and time to help it would be able to focus and make a difference in other issues that we can't control (natural disasters). ======

==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">-Estimated 6 million work-related injuries occur among children: 2.5 million result in disabilities, 32,000 fatalities annually. (Child Labour and health: Quantifying the Global Health Impacts on Child Labor) == ====**We are a group called CLIN- Child Labor In Nigeria. Although child labor is an issue that is affecting the entire world, our group is focusing on child labor in Nigeria. This is because: <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> **====

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-The highest proportion of child laborers in the world is in sub-saharan Africa, where 26% children are participating in work. Nigeria is a country in sub-saharan Africa. (CRIN) ====== <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-1991, statistics show that in NIgeria, 8 million of the 18.2 million children were economically active.
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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 60%;"> http://www.waste.nl/var/waste/storage/images-versioned/5663/13-eng-GB/thematic_evaluation_on_child_labour_in_scavenging_africa_asia_and_europe_assessment2_IRC_righthand.jpg <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - In Nigeria, at least 7.5 million children work over 15 hours with no school attendance daily (Child labour 'still rife in Nigeria' SOS) ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Incidences of child labor reflects the local economy of a country. This changes views (and most likely creates a negative view) from other countries and tourists, affecting the country's economy. (The political economy of child labor and its impact on international business) ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-This issue is particularly acute in Nigeria because it is a strategic transit point for traffickers. (Nigeria: Country leads in child labor) ======

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Over 8 million children in Nigeria manage to go to school and work in their spare time. However, working creates high demands, making them constantly skip classes and reducing the amount of education they receive. Children who work have not enough time and energy for school. (UNICEF Information Sheet) ======

== <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-The figures of child labor significantly increased in Nigeria. Millions of children were driven into child labor at the end of the oil boom in the late 1970s. (UNICEF Information Sheet) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">//"It was like a prison, we were locked inside. We worked from 5 a.m. until midnight making carpets and we slept among the machines." - Kumar, child labourer// == <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> h <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">ttp://www.worldrevolution.org/projects/webguide/images/CatPics/humantrafficking.jpg// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #ac00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
<span style="color: #ac00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;">It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. == <span style="color: #ac00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Change the world. **BREAK THE SILENCE, HELP STOP CHILD LABOR. CHANGE THE WORLD.** ====== ==

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 * **//Support organizations that help this issue by donating by starting a fund raiser.[| IFNC] [|UNICEF] [|ILO-IPEC]//**
 * **//Spread the word: tell your friends and family.//**
 * **//Sponsor a child or village at [|SOS children villages] . By sponsoring a child, you are paying for his/her living expenses. This would remove his/her needs to work, allowing them to focus in school and have a better chance of a future.//**
 * // Also, support and purchase [|Fairtrade] goods. Fairtrade is a non-profit organization that tackles poverty and injustice trading. Poverty is a strong and main reason behind child labor, as parents send their children for employment to help support the family financially. //**

//** ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">**KNOW SOMETHING, AND IT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SAY SOMETHING, AND IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DO SOMETHING, AND IT ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">** WILL ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">** MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ** ====

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