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here's a list of my children's rights websites
Updated on May 12, 09
Created on Apr 21, 09
Category: Government & Politics
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Jake MacMillan's List: Children's Rights
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Apr 21, 09
Now this is just cruel.... kids taken away from their families to ride
camels all day long.... poor kids. Their rights definitely aren't given to
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Apr 21, 09
Has a good description of the history of children's rights
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The assumption that children either could or should have rights of any type is a relatively new idea. For most of history children were largely consigned to the status of parental property or chattel (primarily the father's chattel). Absolute parental control of the child, unfettered by the state, was in part a reflection of the agrarian society and the family itself as a work unit. Even where a child became orphaned or was so severely mistreated by parents or guardians that courts sentenced the abusers to prison, the child would often be indentured into the service of a new parent-master. This concept of children having an economic value was often matched with even sterner religious views, in which children were seen as inherently evil and needing a strict, punitive upbringing.
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Apr 21, 09
Abuses Against Street Children are common, and childrens rights are not given to them, but this situation is improving.
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May 06, 09
Many people are boycotting Uzbekistani cotton to stop Uzbekistani child labor. Yay!!
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May 12, 09
Many Superstores are boycotting uzbekistani child-picked cotton
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Retailers and clothing companies in the US and the UK - including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Target and Gap - have already taken measures to exclude Uzbek cotton from their merchandise following repeated reports of Uzbek children picking cotton for minimal payments.
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