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69 人权组织指责肯尼亚忽视父母因艾滋病去世的孤儿

Rights Group Accuses Kenya of Neglecting AIDS Orphans1
Katy Salmon
Nairobi25 Jun 2001 22:02 UTC

A human rights group is (1)accusing the Kenyan government of (2)neglecting millions of children whose parents have died of AIDS. Human Rights Watch says thousands of Kenyan children are forced to seek work on the streets.
A Human Rights Watch report, called "In the Shadow of Death," says Kenya's government has failed to take responsibility for more than a million AIDS (3)orphans. When their parents fall sick, many of the children have to leave school to earn money to buy food.
Joanne Csete, author of the report, says some children are so (4)desperate they become (5)prostitutes. "We found a number of cases of children having to seek work on the streets, in small (6)commerce, in the worst cases in prostitution," she said. "We found a number of cases of girls who became domestic workers in other people's homes and also found themselves often in situations of abuse or potential abuse."
Ms. Csete says the government of Kenya must do more to keep children in schools and protect them from dangerous jobs.
"We have called upon the government of Kenya to respect its own commitment to free and (7)compulsory primary education," she said. "Keeping kids in school is an obvious way to safeguard some of their possibilities for the future and some of their present needs. The government of Kenya is not a ratifier2 of the ILO convention, the International Labor3 Organization Convention on Hazardous4 Labor. In the face of the thousands and thousands of children who are having to become (8)breadwinners, it is really important for the most dangerous kinds of labor to be on the government's (9)agenda and for children to be protected from them."
Human Rights Watch also wants changes made in Kenya's (10)legal system. Many orphans, because of the way the system now works, are unable to (11)inherit their parents' property.


(1) accuse[E5kju:z]vt.控告, 谴责, 非难
(2) neglect[nI5^lekt]vt. n.忽视, 疏忽, 漏做
(3) orphan[5C:fEn]n.孤儿, 失去生母的幼小动物adj.无双亲的vt.使成孤儿
(4) desperate[5despErEt]adj.不顾一切的, 拚死的, 令人绝望的
(5) prostitute[5prRstItju:t; (?@) -tu:t]n.妓女
(6) commerce[5kRm:s]n.商业
(7) compulsory[kEm5pQlsErI]adj.必需做的, 必修的,义务的
(8) breadwinner[5bredwInE(r)]n.养家活口的人, 负担家计的人
(9) agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程
(10) legal[5li:^(E)l]adj.法律的, 法定的, 合法
(11) inherit[In5herIt]vt.继承, 遗传而得


 


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1 orphans edf841312acedba480123c467e505b2a     
孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
  • Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。
2 ratifier 94b4842a4314880a5a87f0aeaca108b6     
n.批准者
参考例句:
3 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 hazardous Iddxz     
adj.(有)危险的,冒险的;碰运气的
参考例句:
  • These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
  • Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

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