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Goods
made by
child labor
A
whole range of goods produced by child laborers are sold
in the West: cheap skirts, shirts, the hand-knotted
carpets so popular here, toys (which they will never
play with), bangles, brassware, locks, glass and
embroidery products, polystyrene cups, matches and
textiles.
The
Society publishes a Consumer Alert listing products made
by child labor and is working with a number of reputable
retailers and importers on the problem.
The
Society’s aim is to stir our conscience by pointing
out that some of the products which we purchase are made
by these child laborers. Child labor is not just a
problem for the people of distant countries in Asia,
Africa and Latin America. It is also a problem for
us, because by using products made by children we are
the unwitting beneficiaries of child labor.
As
long as we do not care whether or not the products which
we purchase are made by child labor, governments will
continue to avert their eyes from the plight of these
children.
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Links
to other pages dealing with consumer awareness:
Current
campaigns
Consumer
awareness
Goods
made by child labor
Chocolates
Diamonds
Carpets
made by child labor
Rugmark
Ethical
investment
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involved!
Fair
trade
Society's
overseas programs in Africa and Asia
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