Modern slavery, which consists of letting people
- and unfortunately children - work in poor conditions, is a controversial
topic nowadays.
On the one hand, it has to be said that
children are exposed to sexual abuse or burns due to the fact that these
companies don’t respect their human rights. Moreover, they usually hire
children who are under 18 because their families are poor and need another
salary to make a living.
On the other hand, I also have to say that
these companies won’t stop hiring “slaves” because of us. They will continue doing
so as long as we continue to demand their products. However, it’s not only our
fault but also the governments’.
To sum up, this must be brought to an end in
order that the children who are working in these miserable conditions can start
a normal life and have an education.
Isabel Martínez
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It’s known that in Asia, South Africa and South
America there are people working as if we were still in the 19th
century. Also European citizens seem not to notice or pretend not to see it,
but we have to be aware that these facts are against the human rights.
To put an end to unethical fashion, the
European governments should stop introducing textile products which come from
those sweatshops. Moreover, although it’s easy to buy these cheap items of
clothing, the suffering of these people is worthless. Besides, maybe if the products
were the same price but most part of the money was for the workers instead of
the employers, it could help their living conditions. However, we are all
responsible for child labour because if we didn’t buy their products, the
owners of the factories would make so much profit.
To sum up, it’s very hard to abolish child
labour all around the world, but we should fight against it. Furthermore, at
least we should try to improve the working conditions of the people hired in
sweatshops.
Eva Mangado
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Nowadays, following fashion trends is very easy
for those who are European, we only have to buy in shops like Zara where
products are cheaper.
It’s all about the point of view. We want to
buy low-cost products despite being made by children and women working in poor
conditions in sweatshops to satisfy our needs. It’s our fault because we can
choose the place where we buy things like food or clothes. The main problem is
that people won’t stop buying these products if they aren’t aware of the
problem. Moreover, child labour is a common issue in countries like Asia or
Africa because they need to earn money to help their families. A good idea
would be to punish companies which do not respect the human rights, we could
also buy things in other shops in order to stop this issue.
In conclusion, I think that child labour should
be punished and we should work together to put an end to it. In my opinion,
child labour would come to an end if it happened in Europe.
Alba Espí
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Nowadays, we live in a world
where we care a lot about what kind of clothes we wear and the things we buy. That’s
why some of the famous business make children work for them so that
we can buy cheaper products.
Nike seems to be the most famous business that
takes part in modern slavery. It uses children in Africa in order to make their products.
These children are working under poor conditions and they get paid less
money than they actually deserve. Even
so, they have to work to get something to eat. The problem is that
is not only Nike who does this kind of things: Nestle is an example of
that and not everybody knows about it.
In conclusion, we should do something
about it because a child shouldn’t be working when he/she is young. Every child
deserves a happy childhood and not to be enslaved to get something to eat.
Miriam
Cardona
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