"An estimated 246 million children are engaged in child labour. Of those, almost three-quarters (171 million) work in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops, hidden from view in plantations.
Millions of girls work as domestic servants and unpaid household help and are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Millions of others work under horrific circumstances. They may be trafficked (1.2 million), forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery (5.7 million), into prostitution and pornography (1.8 million), into participating in armed conflict (0.3 million) or other illicit activities (0.6 million). However, the vast majority of child labourers – 70 per cent or more – work in agriculture". Ler mais aqui.
Millions of girls work as domestic servants and unpaid household help and are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Millions of others work under horrific circumstances. They may be trafficked (1.2 million), forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery (5.7 million), into prostitution and pornography (1.8 million), into participating in armed conflict (0.3 million) or other illicit activities (0.6 million). However, the vast majority of child labourers – 70 per cent or more – work in agriculture". Ler mais aqui.
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Infelizmente a "boa globalização" ainda não chegou à maioria destes países... dá que pensar quando compramos produtos "made in India" ou "made in China"...
Acredito num modelo de desenvolvimento diferente do que tem sido proposto e aplicado aos países em desenvolvimento, que tem muitas desvantagens, embora reconheça muitos pontos positivos.
Permito-me deixar duas sugestões de comércio justo, um dos "movimentos" que tenta combater estas "vergonhas globais". Na Alemanha, por exemplo, há mais de 100 lojas deste tipo desde os anos 70 e estes produtos já se vendem em muitos supermercados ditos normais... em Portugal a primeira loja abriu este ano... mas nunca é tarde!
http://www.terrajusta.net/
http://www.inde.pt/index.htm
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