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 Exploitation of Children

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Child labour
Millions of children around the world work. Why?
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What work do children do?
Some work is dangerous and can injure children.
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What can be done about child labour?
Ways to protect children from exploitation.
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Child Sexual Exploitation
Children can be exploited sexually for money.
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What needs to be done?
Ways to solve the problem of sexual exploitation.
Child soldiers
How children can end up as soldiers.
Helping child soldiers
Programmes to help them recover from their experiences.
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What has been done for child soldiers?
How the Optional Protocol will help.
Useful websites
Organisations that are working to stop child exploitation.
  • It is an unfortunate fact that children around the world can become the victims of many forms of exploitation. These include having to work as child labourers, suffering from commercial sexual exploitation and becoming child soldiers.
  • Children end up in appalling situations for a number of reasons, and do not choose to be exploited. The underlying cause is most often poverty.
  • There are international rules to protect children , and prevent them from being exploited, but more needs to be done to make sure these rules are enforced.