LBravo - Homework 27/02/2019

CHILD LABOUR TODAY

1.

• The term “Child labour” is definable as the employment of children in any work that deprives them of their childhood and dignity, and that is harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

• Children are usually expected to attend school.

2.

B, C, B, C, A, B

3.

work, job, work, job, labour, work

5.

• Child labour is a violation of human rights because it hits human dignity and one's personal development.

• Factories employ children because they are cheaper than adults and, due to their size, they fit better with industrial machineries.

• To help solve the problem any State should intensify its checks on industries and raid any of them which is known to exploit children.

• I could boycott goods produced by industries that employ children. Together with my school I could promote, through a manifestation, the reject of child labour.

6.

• Yes, it is.

• Children can work part-time by the age of 16, but with a lot of restrictions.

• School is compulsory for anyone until his/her 16th birthday.

• I think there aren't any.

• Yes, there are. For example, “Telefono azzurro” is an organization that protects children from domestic abuses.