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01-12-2009, 12:53 PM
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Child Labor in Bangladesh (Late 2008)
Although child labor is illegal in Bangladesh, for years the powerful garment industry employed between 50,000 and 75,000 children under 14, mainly girls. Bangladesh is one of the world's leading garment exporters, but the situation captured little international attention until 1992, when the US introduced legislation to ban the importation of goods made using child labor. As a result, garment employers dismissed about three-quarters of all children employed in the industry. With no access to education and few skills, the children had few alternatives to escape their crushing poverty. Many went looking for new jobs in stone-crushing, street hustling and prostitution - all more hazardous and exploitative than garment making.
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10-10-2009, 01:33 PM
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Re: Child Labor in Bangladesh (Late 2008)
I don't like the people from that region but no child should have to go through that, kids need to be kids while they are kids because if they make it to adulthood then they will just repeat the cycle.
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