{"id":611,"date":"2016-04-21T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimission.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2016-04-21T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:14:12","slug":"brazil-over-3m-in-child-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/21\/brazil-over-3m-in-child-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: Over 3m in Child Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>According to a recent report published by the Abring Foundation, a Brazilian charity campaigning for the rights of children and adolescents, more than 3 million underage children in Brazil are involved in child labour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, titled &#8220;Childhood and Adolescence Overview &#8211; 2016&#8221;, 44% of children in Brazil live in poverty, and 17% in extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Another 188,000 are undernourished; about 69,000 are underweight; and half a million are obese. 19% of homicides in Brazil are committed against children and adolescents, and 80% of these involve the use of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 61 million children, only 25% between the age of zero and three attend kindergarten, and 19% of young children have a teenage mother.<\/p>\n<p>While the school participation rate in Brazil is high at about 96%, only 56% of children finish school.<\/p>\n<p>Article 7 of the Brazilian Constitution prohibits night work and dangerous or unhealthy work for children under 18, as well as any other type of work for children under 16; except for apprenticeships, which are permitted from age 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent report published by the Abring Foundation, a Brazilian charity campaigning for the rights of children and adolescents, more than 3 million underage children in Brazil are involved in child labour. 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