Child Labor Carpet
Goodweave foundation an ngo for which gautam acts as board member works to combat child labor in nepal s carpet industry.
Child labor carpet. Slavery and child labor in india s hand made carpet sector documents over 3 200 cases across nine states in india and found several hundred cases each of forced. With an estimated 250 000 child laborers currently trapped in south asia s robust carpet weaving industry and adult workers also facing daily health and labor rights challenges this is. Anti child labour organisation goodweave international formerly known as rugmark has rescued 1 075 child workers from nepal s carpet factories since 1996. Some sites were so wretched that researchers were.
National strategy for children at risk. This shows a strong and a negative association between the adult income and the child labor in the household. The factories and shacks where workers toil 10 to 12 hours a day for six to seven days a week were cramped filthy unbearably hot and humid imperiled with stray electrical wires and rusty nails. And contaminated with grime and mold according to the tainted carpets.
One of those is sanju. The report tainted carpets. Though the direction of the impact of adult income on child labor is the same for both countries adult income has no significant influence on child labor in the carpet belt of india. Policy on child labor in carpet weaving.
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. Ministry of labour social affairs martyrs and disabled. A better future for afghanistan s vulnerable children and their families. Slavery and child labor in india s hand made carpet sector report.
The ordinary american consumer with family commitments and a mortgage does. That child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry. 3 a study published by cepc in 1998 claims child labour account for only less than one present to the total workforce in carpet industry 0 93. Child labour in the industry the study also aims at mapping out supply chain linkages between indian carpet producers who use child labour and us importers who import carpets from these producers.
Ministry of labor social affairs martyrs and disabled.