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Child labour is not a natural phenomenon
There
seems to be a persistent misconception about child labour: first the poverty problem
must be solved and then child labour will no longer be necessary. This is putting
the cart before the horse. Poverty is in fact not the cause of child labour but
it is a result of child labour. The fight against poverty must begin with the
fight against child labour. Children can contribute to the development of their
country, in the future, but only if they are given a chance to go to school now.
In A world for children - Growing up without child labour author and photographer
Peter de Ruiter, touches a raw nerve. During his travels in nine countries across
three continents he began to understand the reality of child labour, how it originates
and why. He made notes of the fallacies created to justify why children should
work. He photographed the injustice the children are subjected to. And he offers
solutions! The reader is given different ideas on how to personally take action
against child labour.
Children must go to school. They must play and learn
and be allowed to develop their full potential. It is up to adults to create a
world in which children can do exactly that: a world for children.
Child
labour is not a natural phenomenon. It was created by man and can be ended by
man. Table of contents
1 Show me your hands
2 Ingredients and recipes
3 What is child labour?
4 How does child
labour originate and how to prevent this?
5 Getting the message across
6
Forbid or tolerate?
7 A world for children
8 What can you do?
9 Photographers
fighting child labour (including David L. Parker and Werner Bischof) | |
Peter de Ruiter
Peter
de Ruiter
Dutch travel photographer and author Peter de Ruiter (1960)
spent many years travelling around the world. On his travels he was regularly
confronted by children begging or working, children who for these or many other
reasons do not attend school. To write this book he went in search for what was
behind this distressing phenomenon - in the hope that his words and images would
contribute to a solution. His degrees in sociology and mass communication helped
him understand and publicize the subject.
Details
A world for
children is targeted towards a wide audience: consumers, aid organization employees,
politicians, students, children from about the age of ten and anyone who feels
touched by the subject. The more than 400 gripping photos and the critical text
spread just one message: stop child labour now.
A world for children is
published by PixelPerfect Publications in The Hague (ISBN 978 94 6022 035 7), and distributed worldwide.
The book measures 22 x 30 cm (9" x 12"), 200 pages and 40.000 words.
Buy the book
The English edition can be purchased from Bol.com and Amazon.com.
The French edition is available from Librairie La GĂ©ographie, 184, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris and in the Netherlands from Bol.com.
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