{"id":9372,"date":"2017-01-24T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somo.nl\/nl\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2023-07-10T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:03:45","slug":"branded-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somo.nl\/nl\/branded-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Branded Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How garment brands contribute to low wages, long working hours, school dropout and child labour in Bangladesh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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This research looks into the relationship between wages and working conditions of\u00a0adult workers and the extent to which their children attend school or are engaged\u00a0in paid\/unpaid work.<\/p>\n

Interviews with 75 garment workers and a number of their children reveal that\u00a0low wages have a major impact on the lives of garment workers and their family\u00a0members, in particular on their children. Garment workers work extremely long\u00a0hours in order to meet a standard of living that provides only the bare necessities\u00a0of life. This research shows that the interviewed garment workers are in an\u00a0extremely vulnerable position and their ability to (financially) cope with major life\u00a0events, such as illness, divorce, marriage and death, is limited.<\/p>\n

Low wages and long working hours have been found to play a key role in parents\u2019\u00a0decisions to take their children out of school. As several cases highlighted\u00a0in this report illustrate, children were not only taken out of school to reduce\u00a0expenses, but also to contribute to the family income. Children who work and do\u00a0not go to school will end up in low-paid jobs later in their lives, a legacy they are\u00a0likely to pass on to their children \u2013 thus perpetuating the vicious cycle of poverty.<\/p>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t

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