Child Labor

[Thomas Kruse <tkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le Monde diplomatique

{ english edition }

 January, 1998

(edited by Wendy Kristianasen)

LEADER

Broken childhoods by Ignacio Ramonet *

     Throughout the world, the numbers of child workers are growing. In
     Latin America, one child out of five works; in Africa, one in
     three; in Asia, it is every second child. But even within the EU,
     there are over two million children at work. Altogether, this makes
     for a global figure of 250 million. To put an end to this shameful
     state of affairs, a number of organisations have mobilised
     alongside UNICEF and the ILO to initiate a World March against
     Child Labour on 1 January. They are due to converge in Geneva on 4
     June.
       http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/01/00leader.html

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