Labour+Life


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 * 15.09.08 || Make a new page on the wiki ||  ||
 * 16.09.08 || Add youtube video clips on wikispace. || Your page is looking flash, and you have uploaded some videos that relate to your issue. Make sure you clearly record which stage of the inquiry process you are at and include more comments about the learning that has taken place from watching the videos. If there really isn't much, then you need to be asking yourself whether the video should be on the page at all. I can't wait to see the Knowledge Saturation stage complete. This is a very interesting issue to be investigating! ||

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Human Rights do they guarantee equality?

child labour media type="custom" key="1982062" knowledge Saturation

media type="youtube" key="-xHfBAKMcCc" width="425" height="350" This Youtube video will help us because it shows the difference between a child worker and a normal student. media type="youtube" key="hFmX38bAxvc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" height="349" width="425" This Youtube video helps us because it tells us that Nestle has child workers

One out of six children in the world today is involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to his or her mental, physical and emotional development.


 * 246 million children are child labourers
 * 73 million working children are less than 10 years old
 * Every year 22 000 children die in work-related accidents
 * 5.7 million children are forced into debt-bondage or other forms of slavery
 * The largest number of working children are in the Asia-Pacific region
 * Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of working children - nearly one-third of children aged 14 and under
 * Most children work in the informal sector (ie. in homes or on the streets) without any legal protection
 * 70% work in agriculture, commercial hunting and fishing or forestry
 * 8% work in manufacturing
 * 8% in wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels
 * 7% in community, social and personal service, such as domestic work