Carpet Making Child Labor

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Carpet making child labor.

Child labour in the industry the study also aims at mapping out supply chain linkages between indian carpet producers who use child labour and us importers who import carpets from these producers. Slavery and child labor in india s hand made carpet sector documents over 3 200 cases across nine states in india and found several hundred cases each of forced. In return iqbal was required to work as a carpet weaver until the debt. Since its founding in 1988 the bllf has led the fight against bonded and child labor liberating 30 000 adults and children frequently entire families from brick kilns carpet factories and.

The uprising aggravated economic hardships making the money earned by working children even more important to many fami lies. Carpet manufacturers and the carpet export industry in pakistan as well as carpet importers and retailers in the usa and other western countries have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry. They have attacked unicef the society and other charities as do gooders the phrase used by the. Carpet manufacturers and the carpet export industry in pakistan as well as carpet importers and retailers in the usa and other western countries have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry.

But those of us who are fortunate enough to have been born and raised in a free western country such as america where child labor laws are in place and rigidly enforced may be totally unaware of the early age and the extent to which children in these countries are working at. The use of child labor in several countries where hand woven rugs and carpets are produced has been well documented. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside of lahore in punjab pakistan into a poor christian family. 3 a study published by cepc in 1998 claims child labour account for only less than one present to the total workforce in carpet industry 0 93.