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Behind the Label: A Look at Child Labor
Summary: Discusses the problem of sweatshops and child labor around the world. Examines UNICEF's role in publicizing the problem. Explores the importance of raising public awareness of the issue.
Suzy takes a look at herself in the mirror. She takes notice of how the jeans she is thinking of purchasing make her look sexy. "How much are these," she asks the saleswoman.
"Forty-nine ninety-nine," she replies.
"I'll take them." Now if Suzy knew that these jeans were made by a ten year old girl working in a sweatshop, do you think she still would have bought them"
Nearly 246 million children are working in sweatshops at this present time. These children are working for brand name clothing companies illegally. The legal working age for a child is fifteen, and some of these children are starting work as early as the age of five. Almost three quarters of those children have to work under hazardous conditions, such as working with dangerous machinery. The sad thing is the majority of these child laborers are hidden from the world. These children...
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