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=child labour= Child labour is work that interferes with casual life or that is unfair and unsafe for children. Some children work as street sellers or miners for gold and diamonds. They were also used for mills, factories, workshops and wealthy homes. The idea of children’s rights has only been noticed recently. Social reform groups made the child labour lead to new rules for factories, mines and factories in England. The rules were to have less hours for children, protection for the working children, improved working conditions and fixed education for children working in mines in 1842. The rules were also imposed on factories in England in 1867 and factories for several more places in 1883. A law in 1870 made sure children got a good education and stayed well. The same laws were set in most states of the USA, New Zealand, Canada and Australian colonies. By the 20th century there was growing awareness world wide for the protection of children under child labour lawsuits, which led to protection of child labour resulting in the worst forms of child labor convention in 1999. Almost all countries have laws for minimum age now but they are still fighting for full child labour banishment. · According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 218 million children aged 5 to 17 in child labour worldwide, excluding child domestic labour. The most controversial forms of work include the military use of children as well as child prostitution.In 2004 there were 218 million children working illegally in the eyes of international treaties. Child labour is defined as all economic activity for children less than 12 years, any work for those 12-14 of sufficient hours per weak to undermine their health or education, and all hazardous work which could threaten the health of children under 18. 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work, such as mining and handling chemicals, which is otherwise described as the worst forms of child labour. A further class within this latter description is known as the unconditional worst forms of child labour and refers to any form of slavery or coercion, trafficking, prostitution and military enrolment- no statistics are available for this category but the numbers are likely to be close to 10 million. Millions of girls who work as domestic servants are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.