audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - According to the Labour Laws of Bangladesh, the minimum legal age for employment is 14. However, as 93 percent of child laborers work in small factories and workshops, and on the street - the enforcement of labour laws is virtually impossible. Poverty causes families to send children to work, often in hazardous and low-wage jobs, such as brick-chipping, construction and refuse collecting. Children are paid less than adults, with many working up to twelve hours a day. Full-time work frequently prevents children from attending school. Long hours, low or no wages, poor food, isolation and hazards in the working environment can severely affect children's physical and mental health. UNICEF estimates that around 150 million children aged 5-14 in developing countries are involved in child labour. Although numbers suggest that more boys than girls are involved in child labour, many of the types of work girls are involved in are invisible. It is estimated that roughly 90 per cent of children involved in domestic labour are girls. World Day Against Child Labour is June 12.
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Nov. 19, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - SANAUL,12, a tannery factory worker, customizes a mask for himself. Child labour is not a new issue in Bangladesh. Poverty leads many families here to send their children to work, often in hazardous and polluted environments such as refuse dumps, construction sites, brick-making fields or manufacturing factories.
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Sept. 16, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - IMON HOSSAIN is 8 years old and works at a shipyard. According to UNICEF, the long hours and poor working conditions not only prevent children from attending school, but can also severely affect their physical and mental health.
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Feb. 12, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - SUJAN is 13 years old and works at a soap factory. Child labour is not a new issue in Bangladesh.
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Feb. 12, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - AYESHA is 13 years old, works in the fields making bricks. Factory owners prefer to employ children as they could pay them less and also able to keep their factories free from trade unionism.
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Sept. 16, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - HASSAN is 12 years old and works at a shipyard. A child laborer earns the equivalent of 7 to 13 Dollars per month, while an adult worker earns up to 77 Dollars per month.
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Sept. 7, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - NOOR MUHAMMAD is 8 years old and works at a balloon factory.
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Nov. 2, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - BIPLOB is 9 years old and works at a shipyard.
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Feb. 12, 2013 -Dhaka, Bangladesh - RIDAY is 8 years old and works at soap factory.
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Nov. 2, 2013 - Hazaribagh, Bangladesh - BIPLOB is 12 years old and works at a tannery.
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Sept. 7, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - TAMZID is 15 years years old and is a shipyard worker.
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Sept. 19, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - SUJAN is 9 years old and works in a motor parts manufacturing factory.
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Sept. 7, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - SABUJ is 9 years old and works at a shipyard.
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