Child Labor

Poverty pushes estimated 6 to 7 million children to work in Bangladesh, comprising one-fifth of the country’s labor force.

There are some 40 industries in Bangladesh using child labor, often under hazardous conditions and with little regard for health and safety.

Most perform their duties for little or no pay without access to education leaving them trapped in low-skilled, low-paying jobs that further binds them in a cycle of poverty

Rubel, 16, works at an aluminum factoryin Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  
Unies, 12, sprays shoes with color dye at a shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He's been working for 1 year and earns 1000tks (about US$14) a month.
  
Child van pullers
     
  
Zihadul Islam, 12,  works at an aluminum factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He works 8 hours a day 6 days a week and earns 1000tks (about US$14) a month.
  
LEFT: Shubu, 11, work s at shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He's been working for 2 years and earns 250tks (about US$3.50) a week.  RIGHT: A child laborer rests at a shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  
     
  
LEFT: Uzzal, 12, slaughters chickens by hand in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been working for 5 years and earns 30tks (about 55cent) a day.RIGHT: A child scavenges at garbage dump in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  
  
A child vendor makes his way through a street of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
     
  
Paval, 10,  cutter helper, works at a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He makes about 10tks per/hour. (1USD=70tks)