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Child labour is a consequence of the social injustice engendered by the capitalist system under which we live and by the inequality of wealth distribution and of development levels arising from that system. Poverty leads to social exclusion and acts as a justification for families to turn to child labour to supplement their incomes and to survive.
The poverty endured by families as a result of capitalist exploitation means that some businesses and entrepreneurs have a vested interest in perpetuating a situation in which they can employ cheap labour with no rights.
As the report that we have just adopted points out, 113 thousand million children of school age are deprived of basic education. The fact that children do not attend school leads to a vicious circle, in which poverty becomes more widespread, access to culture and education becomes ever more difficult and literacy levels in society are kept low.
This is also happening in EU Member States. In Portugal, it is estimated that more than 4% of the child population is working in various sectors.
If we are to combat child labour effectively, the priority is therefore to eradicate poverty, by breaking down inequality in income distribution, by promoting jobs with rights, by increasing access to teaching and culture and by combating capitalist exploitation."@en1
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