Juvenile Exploitation

Dimension of the phenomenon•All over the world 250 million children under 14 are forced to work; among them 120 million children between 5 and 14 work full time(50%). They produce goods that we use every day such as trainers, soccer balls and clothes. 171 million children work in dangerous conditions, and 8 million are victim of the worst form of exploitation.

What is UNICEF?Unicef is the United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund: the first organisation whose aim is to defend chirldren’s rights.It was founded in 1946 by UNO. Nowadays UNICEF has 126 permanent offices in 156 developing countries and many national committees in 36 economically advanced countries.Unicef was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s life.Unicef works in every country through health and education programmes in regular ongoing collaboration with governements and local associations.

Unicef In Italy

The Italian Committee for UNICEF was founded in 1974. Its mandate is to advocate for children’s rights and raise funds to support UNICEF programmes in developing countries.

UNICEF has a strong presence in Italy, with more than 100 Subcommittees managed by volunteers and a professional staff based in Rome. Advocacy for children’s rights and fundraising is an integral part of the Italian Committee’s awareness-raising campaigns, which involve a wide number of stakeholders: citizens, schools and universities, mayors and local authorities, hospitals, companies, NGO partners, Goodwill Ambassadors, the media and the government.

Volunteers

UNICEF has a strong presence in Italy, with more than 100 regional and provincial Subcommittees managed by volunteers and a professional staff based in Rome.

All the regional and provincial Subcommittees refer to the main office in Rome. This office follows and supports all the local activities.

Unicef Abroad

Unicef advocates for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future.It promotes girls’ education – ensuring that they complete primary education as a minimum – because it benefits all children, both girls and boys. Girls who are educated grow up to become better thinkers, better citizens, and better parents to their own children.It acts so that all children are immunized against common childhood diseases, and are well nourished, because it is wrong for a child to suffer or die from a preventable illness.Besides Unicef works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people because it is right to keep them from harm and enable them to protect others. We help children and families affected by HIV/AIDS to live their lives with dignity.This organisations involves everyone in creating protective environments for children and it is present to relieve suffering during emergencies, and wherever children are threatened, because no child should be exposed to violence, abuse or exploitation. 

What is Italianats?

Italianats is an association formed by a group of non-governmental organisations, with a common purpose: to support and promote the working children movements. This movements are present in South America, Africa and Asia. NATs means “Niños y Adolescentes Trabajadores”- Working Children and Adolescents.

They meet to protest against economic exploitation and to have a right acknowledgment of their work

Italianats supports these movements and their strategies.

The Aims

Italianats supports every national or internationas initiative aimed to grant children’s right.

Italianats supports the working children movement as autonomy subject in defining political lines concerning child labour.

Italianats as spokesman of the working children movements widens discussion about child labour.

Three lines of actionInformation: relationship with the media and the public to offer a more \extensive information leading to knowledge values, commitment and declarations of the movements of working children, through articles, speeches and documents.

Formation: organization of national seminars and awareness-raising events, including an annual meeting with representatives of the movements of working children so that they can speak firsthand of their reality, their requests and demands.

Cooperation: coordination of meetings, projects and exchange of information between the movements of working children and associations that deal with child labor.

Blaise Pascal Istitute

Bonacini Matteo;Farri Giulia;Speroni Eleonora;Valeriani Tania.

Questions for Italianats

1. Where are Italianats headquarters?

2. Where does Italianats perform its tasks?

3. Since when does Italianats exist?

4. What are Italianats future goals?

5. How many volunteers are there?