While a new report shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh is not the same. The broader child labor rate (detrimental forms of work) remained ...

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.

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.

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.

And by the time that those restrictions upon child labour were brought in in 1832 and 1833 British GDP per capita was up at $2,266. And I emphasise again that we have already adjusted for inflation.

Leather in Bangladesh has grown to a $1 billion per year industry. Screen shot by Justin Kenny A creek outside a Dhaka tannery has banks covered in garbage and rotting animal hides.

Data on child labor in Bangladesh is notoriously scant. According to the ILO, rates appeared to be decreasing before the pandemic, but there hasn’t been a nationwide, government-led survey on ...

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[SYDNEY] Children as young as seven years are working with hazardous chemicals, heavy machinery or carrying heavy loads, endangering their health and lives in Bangladesh’s lucrative leather industry, ...

The ratification of Convention No. 138 by Bangladesh could not be more timely. As the latest estimates have shown us, child labour remains an issue of utmost concern globally. Our response must be ...

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), over 5 million children aged between 5 and 17 years are engaged in some kind of employment in Bangladesh.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A report highlights significant risks of modern slavery and child labor in Bangladesh's garment industry, particularly in subcontracted factories.