Street Children in South Azerbaijan

South Azerbaijan has millions poor working class people. Their children as young as six are seen travelling to different part of cities to work. They can be found cleaning car windows, weighting by scales, shining shoes, and selling items such as gum, poems, plastic bags, flowers and so on.
Children of South Azerbaijan on the street selling almost everything and making a box their home even during this cold winter while religious capitalists in Iran would talk about poverty of African, Phalistin and other people on the other side of the world.

In Azerbaijan, many children suffer from eye problems including nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Lack of Vitamin A, basic health care, and improper lighting conditions at work are just some of the factors contributing to poor health conditions.

The main issue surrounding child labour workers is that they are missing out on education in order to provide for their poverty stricken families. In many cases, the absence of education forces children to work tedious jobs without proper work plans and health care.

Millions Azerbaijani children live below the poverty line and living in extreme poverty. Thousands of street children sell miscellaneous items to passing people. The sight of child street workers has become a common part of life for Azerbaijanis.

Recent studies reveal that more than fourteen percent of all children Azerbaijan are currently working so as to provide income for their families.
Many of these children are forced into illegal employment such as smuggling, selling narcotics, and prostitution and have to forgo any opportunity of studying in school. Virtually all such children are facing malnutrition and are prone to diseases due to lack of hygiene, according to the latest statistics.

There is a shortage of information available about child labour in Azerbaijan. But some reports reveal that the number of street children throughout the South Azerbaijan is in the hundreds of thousands. Azerbaijan is an occupied territory where is under the rule of Iran. This situation is not acceptable to Azerbaijanis so we struggle for independence and socialism to provide decent and happy life our children in Azerbaijan.