Child labor in Bangladesh

In the world of labor is used 165 million. Children aged 5 to 14 years, 74 million of them. Are engaged in work that may be dangerous. Compared to other continents, child labor is most actively used in Asian countries. Despite the fact that over the past six years, the number of minors working here fell by almost 5 million. People, another 122 million. Children and adolescents aged 5 to 14 years are engaged in commerce or in the production. Among the "leaders" in the use of child labor are such countries as Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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1) Extreme poverty and economic difficulties are forcing Bangladeshi children to look for work to help their families. (REUTERS PICTURES)

2) According to the report of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), 33 million children under 18 living in Bangladesh, which is about 56 per cent of the child population currently live below the international poverty line, defined as an income of $ 1. US per person day. (REUTERS PICTURES)

3) In the picture - underage workers brickworks spread bricks for drying. Bricks are made by hand here. (REUTERS PICTURES)

4) The total population of Bangladesh is 140 million. People; 63 million., Or 44 percent of the total population are children. In the picture - the children working in the studio for the production of balloons in Kamrangir Char on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. (REUTERS PICTURES)

5) Bangladesh - a country where child labor is used more than anywhere else. In Bangladesh, children between the ages of ten and fourteen who work 30, 1%. (REUTERS PICTURES)

6) Children often during the holidays, and sometimes skipping classes during the school year, are engaged in a dirty and hard work. (REUTERS PICTURES)

7) Some of the children are forced to leave school to continue to work and help their families cope with poverty. In the picture - the production of bricks. (REUTERS PICTURES)

8) Child labor in most cases due to the fact that even those parents who want to send their children to school, often can not afford it. (REUTERS PICTURES)

9) Nearly 50 percent of elementary school students in Bangladesh throw up their studies before the end of 5th grade. (REUTERS PICTURES)

10) Such high rates are due to the poor quality of public primary education, low levels of literacy of the adult population, low level of awareness about the importance of education. (REUTERS PICTURES)