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  2. Child labour in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children to work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral and social harm. Child labour takes away the education from children. [ 1 ] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country , half of whom were under age ten.

  3. Iqbal Masih - Wikipedia

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    Iqbal Masih (Punjabi: اقبال مسیح; 1 January 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995. On 23 March 2022 (Pakistan Day), he was posthumously awarded the Tamgha-e-Shujaat by the government of Pakistan. [1] [2]

  4. Child labour - Wikipedia

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    A Palestinian child labourer at the Kalya Junction, Lido beach, Delek petrol station, road 90 near the Dead Sea A child labourer in Dhaka, Bangladesh Child coal miners in Prussia, late 19th century A succession of laws on child labour, the Factory Acts, were passed in the UK in the 19th century.

  5. Labour in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan has one of the largest labour and manpower resources in the world, due to its large population, which is the fifth largest in the world.According to data produced by the CIA World Factbook, the total number of Pakistan's labour force is 57.2 million, making it the ninth largest country by available human workforce. [1]

  6. Youth in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral, and social harm. [27] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country, half of whom were under age ten. In 1996, the median age for a child entering the work ...

  7. Ehsan Ullah Khan - Wikipedia

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    Ranging from Ehsan Ullah Khan, the great pioneer in the history of the movement against bonded labor and child labor in Pakistan. [ 13 ] In May 2014 he attended the First International Congress on Combating Unemployment, Exploitation and Slavery, organized by the SAIn political Party (Solidarity, Self-Management and Internationalism) in Spain.

  8. Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child - Wikipedia

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    Initially focused on promoting and protecting breastfeeding, it has expanded to child labour, juvenile justice, education and violence against children. [1] It has held "children's parliaments" [2] [3] and worked to end corporal punishment in Pakistani schools. [4] [5] [6]

  9. Atlanta Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Atlanta Agreement is an agreement which was formed between the International Labour Organization, the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry and UNICEF on February 14, 1997. [1] It was announced at the Sports Super Show in Atlanta, United States. Its goal was to combat high rates of child labour in the Pakistani football making industry.