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40 per cent workers in carpet industry are children: report [1]

The workforce in carpet industry which generated $200 million through exports in 2005 comprise most vulnerable, marginalised and dispersed population which also included children, says a recent study conducted by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) on Bonded Child Labour in the carpet industry of Thar. At least 40 per cent of the workforce in carpet weaving are children, the report said.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
Dawn (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Children [3], Child Labour [4], Pakistan [5]
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