The pakistani press conducted a smear campaign against.
Carpet factory child labor.
Following his death pakistani economic elites responded to declining carpet sales by denying the use of bonded child labour in their factories and employing the federal investigation agency fia to brutally harass and arrest activists working for the bonded labour liberation front bllf.
The problem of bonded child labor continues today.
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.
Tainted carpets slavery and child labor in india s hand made carpet sector siddharth kara 2014 fxb center for health and human rights harvard school of public health harvard university acknowledgments this report is the culmination of the tireless efforts of numerous individuals.
They have attacked unicef the society and other charities as do gooders the phrase used by the.
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.
The study included wool processing activities supplying the yarn as well as carpet production and finishing.
According to the harvard crimson in 2014 a report deemed the largest ever first hand investigation into slavery and child labor in india s handmade carpet sector was released by harvard.
Combing wheel in a glasgow carpet factory operated by a woman and two children.
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.
International agencies like the ilo unicef and undp launched special projects to assist the local ngos in addressing the problem of child labour in carpet producing areas.
Egypt near cairo local girl working in carpet factory child labor female weavers at amity carpet factory sit by their loom working on weaving carpets according to intricate design.
