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CHILD LABOUR

Child Labour is different from employment and children have always been taken advantage of for their labour and the idea of children having specific rights only come recently. Children worked as street sellers, miners in diamond mines and in brass factories. They were forced to work in hard conditions for long hours. The children were taken and made to work long hours for little or no pay. They worked in stone - breaking quarries, on construction sites, in brick works, chemical factories, in chalk and glass works, on carpet looms, fireworks, on locks, shoes and textiles, in transport, ceramics - and in many other places. bad treatment and disease often marked them for life. Dust and fumes damage lungs, backs were malformed through crouching or carrying heavy loads, eyesight ruined by working in poor light. In 1883 laws were passed in England. They were called the Mining Act, 1842, and the Factory Act in 1867. They controlled working hours, they protected young children and improved working conditions. Similar laws were passed in most states of the USA, New Zealand and in the Canadian and Australian colonies. Almost all countries now have laws, which set a minimum age for working. As a child you have the right: Today there is a growing network of people working to stop child labour.
 * 1) To sufficient food
 * 2) Clean water
 * 3) Health care
 * 4) An adequate standard of living
 * 5) To be with their families or in the best caring environment
 * 6) To ensure protection from all physical, mental and other abuse
 * 7) Education
 * 8) To a special care or training if needed if they have a disabilities or a handicap and to play.