Carpet Making Child Labor

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.
Carpet making child labor. 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. 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. 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. The use of child labor in several countries where hand woven rugs and carpets are produced has been well documented.
But those of us who are fortunate enough to have been born and raised in a free western country such as america where child labor laws are in place and rigidly enforced may be totally unaware of the early age and the extent to which children in these countries are working at. They have attacked unicef the society and other charities as do gooders the phrase used by the. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside of lahore in punjab pakistan into a poor christian family. The report tainted carpets.
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. In return iqbal was required to work as a carpet weaver until the debt. In a country with 26 of its 90 million people living in poverty civil society agencies and the gov ernment say there are limits to what they can do to tackle child labour which has increased since the 2011 revolution. The uprising aggravated economic hardships making the money earned by working children even more important to many fami lies.