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A new report by the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham and GoodWeave International claims modern slavery and child labour persists in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) supply chains.
Though Bangladesh has increased oversight and auditing in factories to reduce child labor, the study found that for every 15 RMG workers, one is a minor.
A new report from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery and child labor in Bangladesh's garment supply chains.
The government has declared 43 types of work as hazardous for children—jobs that threaten their physical and mental ...
A five-year study with child workers in Bangladesh’s growing leather industry has uncovered children working in dangerous and harmful conditions at every stage of leather processing and production, ...
Child labour remains an issue in the country despite the government's pledge to eliminate it from all sectors by 2025 in line with the National Plan of Action (NPA 2020-2025) and the Children Act 2013 ...
Bangladesh is the world's second-largest leather-exporting country. A quarter of the country's leather workers are children, according to a study by the University of Sussex. These youngsters are ...
Through testimonies and pictures, the purpose of Childbreaking Yards is not only to denounce child labour but also to shed light on the socio-economic context that pushes children into such a ...
Bangladesh's progress in combating child labour is under threat. A report from a coastal town in the south of the country.
There are some 3.54 million working children aged 5–17 in Bangladesh, with 1.76 million not in child labour and 1.78 million in child labour, including 1.07 million in hazardous child labour, ...
A new report claims modern slavery and child labour persists in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) supply chains.
Calls for Bangladesh’s interim government to protect poorest children seeking to support their families through dangerous work. First of its kind study designed by and conducted with children in worst ...