UK: Primark cuts three suppliers following child labour claims A News item from Business Respect‚ Issue Number 130‚ dated 17 Jun 2008 UK clothing retailer Primark has ended its contracts with three suppliers in India following allegations channelled through a BBC documentary that they used child labour to finish garments with embroidery and sequin work. The company said that the work had been improperly sub-contracted against the company’s code of conduct‚ and it had taken action accordingly
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Child maltreatment‚ including physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ and psychological abuse‚ has deleterious effect on children in their childhood and even in adulthood. For example‚ youth with psychological maltreatment (PM) background elevates the rates of developing inattention‚ aggression‚ noncompliance‚ hyperactivity‚ and delinquency ((Caples & Barrera‚ 2006; Hart‚ Brassard‚ & Karlson‚ 1996; Manly‚ Kim‚ Rogosch‚ & Cicchetti‚ 2001). Nearly 3 million U.S. children experienced some form of maltreatment
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Despite the wars‚ many people do not understand how it will inflict on children. Traumatic events affect deeply into a child’s mind. According to UNICEF reports (2010)‚ more than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict over the last decade and at least 6 million children have been seriously injured. Trauma and psychological problems hinder children’s lives by putting a barrier to having no childhood‚ their intended goals are vanished to be an adult‚ their coping in life
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Picture you as a young child. Day by day you are beaten with a cord‚ by your father‚ often being told "I wish you’d never been born‚ you stupid child!" You wonder if you really are the bad person‚ feeling ashamed of yourself. You hide your pain deep inside where no one can see it and cover the bruises and scars inside and out. You isolate yourself from your family and friends. Hating and blaming yourself truly wishing you’d never been born. Today‚ more than 7‚906 children are physically abused
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Denise Robles Professor Hurley English 102 18 November 2014 Who Will Save the Children? Child abuse is a growing epideictic in the world. Most of us will never understand why parents or caregivers would use violence towards a child‚ especially towards their own children. It’s sickening and heartbreaking how so many children have to suffer throughout their life getting physically or sexually abuse and the majority of the time most of child abuse cases are never reported. A Child Called It‚ a very
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There are many different factors that would lead to concern in regards to safeguarding. Suspicion of maltreatment or abuse but most tend to be overlooked by people as they just put it down to children just being children or the child’s personality. These factors that would lead to suspicion of maltreatment or abuse can be separated into two key elements; these are the physical and behavioural elements of the child. Physically maltreatment or abuse will be suspected if a child is coming in with bruises
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and neglect throughout the world that it is being called an epidemic. Neglect is defined as “a type of maltreatment that refers to the failure by the caregiver to provide needed‚ age-appropriate care although financially able to do so or offered financial or other means to do so” (Child Neglect). The two main categories of neglect are physical and emotional (psychological). Out of the two types of neglect‚ emotional (psychological) neglect has a greater impact on children. Emotional neglect hinders
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Neglect has now been identified as the most common form of child maltreatment within the United Kingdom. It is therefore vital that children’s services are proactive and up to date in their understanding of the issue (NSPCC‚ 2015). Until recently‚ available research on child neglect within the UK has been limited (Farmer & Lutman‚ 2014). While the gap in research is beginning to narrow‚ there is a pressing need for research evidence on neglect to continue to improve‚ in order to improve practice
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Feelings of “Neglect” “Neglect” by R.T Smith explains the feelings of neglect by using imagery‚ metaphor‚ and connotation. This poem talks about a path of neglect that a man followed that led to the destruction of his red apple tree. The narrator put too much of his time and attention on his other marvels to not put it into the apple tree as well. Therefore his red apple tree‚ though thought to be inevitable‚ died and filled the narrator with regret. A regret that appears to haunt the author
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Elder Abuse and Neglect Teresa Martini Rasmussen College Author Note This research paper is being submitted on December 8‚ 2011‚ for Mara Pehkonen’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics Course. Elder abuse is the most common type of abuse that gets looked over. People normally do not suspect or even think an elderly person may be getting abused‚ but this is a serious topic in nursing homes and hospitals. Every health care professional needs to learn the warning signs and symptoms of elder abuse to prevent
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