{"id":115891,"date":"2020-06-22T08:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T11:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/?p=115891"},"modified":"2020-06-22T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T11:08:34","slug":"child-labor-an-inconceivable-reality-to-be-eradicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/en\/child-labor-an-inconceivable-reality-to-be-eradicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Labor, An Inconceivable Reality to be Eradicated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2002, June 12 has been instituted as the\u00a0World Day Against Child Labor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by the\u00a0International Labor Organization (ILO)<\/a><\/strong>, with the goal of making society, employers and governments all over the world more aware.<\/p>\n

Alarming Data<\/b><\/h3>\n

At the present moment, what we still have is a terrifying picture both in terms of numbers, as well as the types of work, that children are subject to.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0data<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0made available by the ILO, in 2016, 152 million children between 5 and 17 years old were victims of child labor in the world, in which almost half of them, 73 million, carried out dangerous types of work, and 19 million of them being younger than 12 years old.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, according to a survey done by the\u00a0IBGE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), in 2016 the number of working children and adolescents was more than 2.4 million.<\/p>\n

Just between 2007 and 2018, 43,777 work accidents involving children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years old were recorded by the\u00a0National Disease Notification System (SINAN)<\/a><\/strong>, of the Health Ministry. Among these cases, there are mutilations, traumas, poisonings, and fractures, besides 261 deaths.<\/p>\n

What the Law Says<\/b><\/h3>\n

Brazilian law stipulates that work is allowed only \u00a0from the age of 16, and it is admissible at the age of 14, \u00a0with a special apprentice contract, which only has the aim of offering the young people professional training compatible with school life.<\/p>\n

There is also the\u00a0Statute of the Child and the Adolescent (ECA), Law 8069\/90<\/a><\/strong>, in which, among the basic rights, there are: food; life and health; education; culture, sport, and leisure; dignity, respect, and freedom; family and community coexistence. The responsibility for fulfilling these rights rests with the State, the parents, and society.<\/p>\n\n\t\t