Kmart pulls 'offensive' children's wedding costume from shelves

A petition has called attention to a controversial costume that was sold at Kmart.

เคมาร์ท แถลงขอโทษขายชุดเจ้าสาวเด็กเล็ก

เคมาร์ท ห้างสรรพสินค้าชื่อดังของออสเตรเลีย ออกแถลงการณ์แสดงความขอโทษ พร้อมยกเลิกจำหน่ายชุดเจ้าสาวสำหรับเด็กเล็ก Source: Change.org

Retail giant Kmart has stopped selling a children's wedding costume after an online petition called it "beyond inappropriate and offensive".

The change.org petition claimed the costume was insensitive when, "each year, 12 million children … are sold or married off by their family without their consent".

"Child marriage means child abuse and torture in its worst forms ... Take this child bride costume off your shelves," the petition reads.

You can check out the full version of this story in English on SBS News .

 


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Published 23 October 2019 4:09pm
Updated 23 October 2019 5:28pm
Presented by Tinrawat Banyat
Source: SBS News


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