Please see below a message from Evelyn Eisenstein, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, co-moderator of HIFA-Portuguese
Below is an auto-translation. Original message in Portuguese here: http://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/12-de-junho-dia-mundial-de-combate-ao-tr...
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Children have the fundamental right to grow and develop healthily, with opportunities to play and learn to discover the world around you, outdoors, with friends, family and school. Time to play and be loved and always socially protected.
The exploitation of labor and child labor is still practiced in many countries, including Brazil, although we have already improved and passed laws against child labor and the sexual and commercial exploitation of children and adolescents, the worst form of slavery.
Even so, children are still found in illegal and unhealthy jobs in sugar cane fields, coal mines, gas stations, body shops and gardens for food crops or in the care of grazing animals and livestock on many farms in the interior of the country. parents! At fairs carrying bags or pushing shopping carts. In urban grottos and many slums, teenagers act as "employees" in the distribution of drugs, they are called "little planes" (!)
Unhealthy and irregular work, with informal ties and without guarantee of rights are illegal and criminal situations. Many accidents also happen, causing wounds, fractures, burns, pneumonia and poisoning, in addition to emergencies.
Brazil has a Young Apprentice program regulated by Law 10,097 / 2000 for medium and large companies, stores, banks, for example, to be able to contract with remuneration equivalent to a scholarship, teenagers and young people between 14-24 years old, as apprentices and at times compatible with school education, as an opportunity for social inclusion, as long as the routine of studies is maintained. For more information: www.aprendizlegal.org.br
We all need to be more aware that children need family care and should have social and public support. Children and adolescents need to play, study and have opportunities to be healthy citizens with the right to develop their potential!
Evelyn Eisenstein
Diretora da Clínica de Adolescentes e do CEIIAS (Centro de Estudos Integrados, Infância, Adolescência e Saúde)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Best wishes, Neil
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CHIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is the coordinator of the HIFA campaign (Healthcare Information For All) and assistant moderator of the CHIFA forum. Twitter: @hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil@hifa.org
