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Pakistan’s child labour

Pakistan’s child labour. By Caterina B ellano. Geography . Pakistan’s land varies from desert to evergreen farmland Resources include coal, gas reserves, petroleum oil reserves etc. Middle east/ south Asia Between afganistan and India plus iran. Pakistan’s struggles.

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Pakistan’s child labour

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  1. Pakistan’s child labour By CaterinaBellano

  2. Geography • Pakistan’s land varies from desert to evergreen farmland • Resources include coal, gas reserves, petroleum oil reserves etc. • Middle east/ south Asia • Between afganistan and India plus iran

  3. Pakistan’s struggles • Pakistan’s population from 2012 is 179.2million • Male populations is 51% and female is 48% • Females have very little rights and groups are protesting for more • Like most countries there are rich and poor parts not much of an in-between • Poverty and child labour as well as overpopulation

  4. Islamabad • Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan and ninth biggest city in the world • As any city it has poor area aka slums • Has many rich areas in the city • Factories located around the city

  5. Forms of child labour • 1. Factory labour aka soccer balls, weaving rugs etc. • 2. Bonded labour aka carrying tools, heavy loads of boxes or whatever and exposed to chemicals • 3. Maids and cleaners aka children cleaning rich peoples houses

  6. Factory labour • Factory labour usually starts with a family needing more money to talk care of the family • Or families being tricked into thinking their child would be taken into a good program to help them learn a skill • Children as young as 3 can work in a factory • Product they are most known to make are soccer balls for the company Nike and expensive rugs that are sold around the world • Children working get little to none pay • Exposed to many toxins,

  7. Pictures of different kinds of child labour

  8. How they try to stop it • Organizations such as Unicef and Red crescent society as well as the government try to help and put a stop to the child labour • Although it would stop extreme child abuse it would however increase poverty levels and such as other things

  9. Short Compare and Contrast • Pakistan now to the Industrial revolution

  10. So yeah… that’s child labour in Pakistan

  11. Resources • http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/pakistan.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01908/800/childlaborinpakistan.htm • http://insider.pk/national/natural-resources-of-pakistan/

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