Courtesy: Sanzida Akter (Research and Content) & Muhammad Hafiz Sikder (Graphics Design), Dept. of EEE, Green University of Bangladesh.
As Bangladesh has ratified the International Labour Organization’s
Worst Forms of Child Labour settlement but it has not authorized the minimum
age.
Researchers found
that in the leather supply chain, animal homicide and skinning to dyeing, waste
disposal and manufacturing of leather products children aged between seven to
seventeen, they are working around 12 to 14 hours a week.
Another case showed that child tannery workers had
continuous severe burns when the barrel of hydrochloric acid they were carrying
from the shop to the tannery broke open. This is the nastiest form of child
labour but still, they are forced to do that just because to sustain their
livelihoods.
It is about time that we as a nation abort child labour
with significant authorizations of an education and learning and ultimately
being robbed of their childhood. So we urge the government to take an effective
removal program for child labourers and provide access to education and skills
development training including alternative income generation opportunities for
their families. The child tannery workers sustained severe burns when the
barrel of hydrochloric acid they were carrying from the shop to the tannery
broke open. This is the nastiest form of child labor but still they are forced
to do that just because of sustaining their livelihoods.
Besides they also face other forms of verbal abuse and
physical abuse and are threatened by their employers for being slow or making
mistakes. Where the industry associations did not admit the worst forms of
child labour do not exist in their sector and they run their businesses as per
synchronized.
Regrettably, we are still far from a developing nation as
still our children are working in factories deprived of an education and
learning and ultimately being robbed of their childhood. So we urge the
government to take an effective removal program for child labourers and provide
access to education and skills development training including alternative
income generation opportunities for their families.
It is about time that we as a nation abort child labour
with significant authorizations.
Source:
Dhaka tribune
Research
Credit & Content Credit: Sanzida Akter
Graphics
Design Credit: Muhammad Hafiz Sikder
Photo Credit: dailyasianage
Reference-
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/editorial/2021/08/11/ed-putting-an-end-to-child-labour
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