Child Labour In Carpet Industry In Pakistan

Child labour cuts across the sectors but is largely.

Child labour in carpet industry in pakistan.

The human rights commission of pakistan estimated that in the 1990s 11 million children were working in the country half of whom were under age ten in 1996 the median age for a child entering the work force was seven down from eight in 1994. At age four he was put to work by his family to pay off their debts. India nepal pakistan and turkey. The total number of carpet manufacturers who have voluntarily joined the program has.

The use of child labour in the production of hand knotted carpets in india has been widely reported and. They have attacked unicef the society and other charities as do gooders the phrase used by the. The use of this type of forced child labor in pakistan happens in the brick carpet and coal industries. The ilo within the framework of the pakistan decent work country programme 2016 20 is providing technical assistance to the government of pakistan the employers and the workers organizations to progressively eliminate the worst forms of child and bonded labour in the rural economy.

Iqbal s family borrowed 600 rupees less than us 12 00 from a local employer who owned a carpet weaving business. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside of lahore in punjab pakistan into a poor christian family. During the past 20 years it has been one of the fastest growing industries and most of this growth has been achieved through the use of child labor. The state of pakistan s children child labor.

Socio economic and business consultants. The handmade woolen carpet industry is extremely labor intensive and one of the largest export earners for india pakistan nepal and morocco. The study included wool processing activities supplying the yarn as well as carpet production and finishing. Govt taking steps to bring improvement in cotton industry.

The project entitled combating child labour in the carpet industry in pakistan phase i is highly relevant in the context of the new labour inspection policy of government of pakistan which does not focus on home based industries. 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. In return iqbal was required to work as a carpet weaver until the debt. Regardless of pakistan s introduction of the bonded labour system abolition act 1992 bonded labor still exists due to the country not having enough resources to enforce child labor laws.

Society for the protection of the rights of the child. This was a study of the prevalence of working children and child labor in the production process of the export oriented handmade carpet industry in pakistan in 2009 2010. This study adhered to international standards by considering all persons younger than 18 years of age to be children.