Economic exploitation is one of the ugliest types of exploitation that people practice against each other. The matter is getting worse when it relates to a child that is treated as a tool of profit by adults. The suitable place of the children is home, then school, then the playground. No one has the right to deal with children in a manner that exploits their weakness and their need for money. Child labor is a thorny issue. It is common phenomena in all countries of the world, this is what Article 32 focuses on, the Article focuses on the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. Children & Sidewalks is a picture book illustrates Article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is provided. The booklet assigned for this week is issued within the series of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child's Rights Library series issued by DAMANAT Foundation for Human Rights & Freedom, written by Nabil Ahmed Alkhadher, illustrated and designed by Mahad Alshiekh‎‏, in cooperation with Ashwaq Bakrin in consultation on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Child’s Rights Library
A Comic book series, issued by the DAMANAT Foundation
for Human Rights & Freedoms.
Republic of Yemen -Sana'a.
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Written by: Nabil Ahmed Alkhadher.
Illustrations& Design: Mahad Alshiekh.
Child Rights Consultant: Ashwag Bakrain.
Translated by: International Translation Services Bureau.
First edition 2021.
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transfer parts of it in any way without the written permission
from DAMANAT Foundation for Human Rights and
Freedoms.

3. On the sidewalks
of the streets...

4. A child selling smoke;

5. A girl is begging the wind;

6. Another one carries stones;

7. A fourth girl exhausted by the work of the home;

8. Another one, his childhood robbed by car fumes;

9. A harsh world
for children;
Remember ...
there is no justification
for exploiting children
economically

10. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 23 Part 1
« 1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to
be protected from economic exploitation and from
performing any work that is likely to be hazardous
or to interfere with the child's education, or to be
harmful to the child's health or physical, mental,
spiritual, moral or social development »