Africa‚ Fiela’s Child by Dalene Matthee tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie ‚a black woman‚ and a white three-year old child‚ Benjamin‚ whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years‚ Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. When census takers discover Benjamin‚ they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin’s search for his identity and the major changes affecting the white and black families who claim him. Matthee
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Child Labour Child labour is called as work done by those small children who are yet under-aged as per by law. By ‘Work Done’‚ we mean that work which is done by the under-aged children in factories or showrooms or any other place to earn money to sustain their livelihood or of their families. CHILD is a word that is used for very young persons; an age to study‚ play‚ enjoy and have very big dreams in small eyes. But does all children enjoy in this small age? Do you really think that all the
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Political reformer and activist‚ Florence Kelley‚ gave her child labor speech to million of Americans at the Nation American Women Suffrage Association. Her speech consisted of the harsh working conditions that little children suffered day and night. Kelley’s speech conveyed that children should not be working and be exploited. The loss of innocence is conveyed when children have to work in order to earn their daily bread. Throughout her whole speech‚ she used a persuasive tone that evoked a great
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out as a strike for a reduction in work hours to eight hour work days instead of what could sometimes be twelve hour work days. The Pullman strike started because of issues with wages. The people who lived in the company
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A young child rests in the safety of her bedroom‚ oblivious to the world around her. Suddenly‚ she wakes with a jolt and runs to find her parents. She’s had a nightmare. Instantly‚ the parents calm her down‚ and she is ready to dream once more. But what would she have done if she had no parents to go to? Would she have been able to calm herself down‚ or would she have stayed up all night‚ unreasonably afraid of the monster in her dream? More importantly‚ what would she have done if these nightmares
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ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY? Rekha Wazir* The involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However‚ only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter-linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies
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CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA: Definition: Child marriage means that two children are forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families. The children are forced into the institution of marriage without knowing about its significance in the long run. Though parents are of the opinion that they involve their children in such rituals because it is an age old custom and it will also secure the future of their children but the reality is not so. Though in some cases parents believe in such superstitions
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Every single child in the world regardless of race‚ culture‚ gender‚ age deserves to be loved‚ cared for and kept free from harm and abuse. Children have a right to enjoy their childhood free from violence‚ injury or abuse at the hands of adults. This right is preserved in law‚ from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child down to national laws and guidelines which cover all children not just those that are abused and neglected. In 1987 the Department of Health introduced the Child Abuse guidelines
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Child Psychology Diploma Course Assignment 4 – Discuss in-depth the positive and negative implications of day care for young children. Day care is a routine part of the lives of a huge and steadily growing number of children. Nowadays it has become the norm for both parents in two-parent British and American families to work. Different researchers have found wildly differing results as regards to the effects of day care on children. Andersson (1996) followed up 128 Swedish children‚ who had
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Child poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited‚ or in some cases absent‚ state resources. Children that fail to meet the minimum acceptable standard of living for the nation where that child lives are said to be poor. In developing countries‚ these standards are lower and when combined with the increased number of orphans the effects are more extreme. Children experience poverty as an
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