: About Me

I own an online shop www.sonesuk.com which sells organic cotton baby and childrens clothes.Baby skincare and handmade soap from a highland croft. My business was inspired by the birth of my first grandson, formerly I was a community palliative care nurse specialist.

My passion is ...

Good food and wine

I know too much about ...

Palliative care

My parents always told me ...

I was a good girl

My childhood ambition ...

To live in the country

Why I write ...

To help publisize green issues which interest me

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Latest Bob Dylan

My first job ...

In an insurance office

Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Child labor: What is the human cost of a cheap shirt?

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This article will examine some of the issues concerned with the employment of children in the production of cheap textiles in the third world. Child labour is an emotive subject and a consequence of extreme poverty which creates hunger and homelessness. There are no simple solutions and legislation alone will only drive the practice further undercover. The International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) have concluded in a recent report that corporations are not making sufficient interventions in eliminating child labour in cotton but that is not the sole problem. Multi national companies have ac...

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