Strong protest for children's rights: Dance action against exploitation in Vienna

Strong protest for children's rights: Dance action against exploitation in Vienna

Austria faces a decisive challenge in the fight against child labor: The Initiative "Stop child labor" appeals to the new federal government to implement a strong supply chain law. "Work does not belong in children's hands! Do everything to ensure that child labor is stopped," called Reinhard Heiererer, Managing Director of Youth, during a campaign on Ballhausplatz, where children drew attention to the ongoing problem with a flash mob on the melody of "Live Is Life". In his opinion, the Federal Government must hold on to the national implementation of the EU supply chain directive to prevent the exploitation of humans and nature in the global south, such as ots.at reported.

history and current situation

child labor has a long and sad story in Austria. Over 100 years ago, children worked under cruel conditions for hunger wages, as the social reporter Max Winter described at the time. Even today, an estimated 160 million children are affected worldwide, especially in the global south. The main causes are still poverty and profit struts that maintain the circulation of the exploitation. The social hardship forces many families to insist on the income of their children, which often means a long-term industrial action for the children affected-a reality that was exacerbated due to the corona pandemic, such as