Showing posts with label child labor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child labor. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

Today's Reality Check: Child Labor

"Growing up without a childhood: Only 5 years old, Naginah stacks bricks at a brick factory where she and her family work on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Naginah earns 250 rupees per day, or $2.77."

Friday, November 20, 2009

Today's Reality Check: Child Labor

"Sweatshop boys: Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, Bangladeshi kids are still working in factories like this balloon workshop in Kamrangir Char. While fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to school, an estimated 1 billion still lack essential services."