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Branded Childhood How garment brands contribute tlow wages, long working hours, school dropout and child labour in Bangladesh

The Stop Child Labour Coalition commissioned the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) tcarry out this research intwage levels and working conditions in the export-oriented garment industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The research clearly looks into the relationship between wages and working conditions of adult workers and the extent to which their children attend school or are engaged in paid/unpaid work. The objective of the research was tassess how the wages and working conditions of adult workers in export-oriented garment factories affect workers’ abilities tmeet basic needs, including housing, food and education. The aim is tanswer the following questions: Are the wages of adult garment workers sufficient tcover their family’s basic needs, including schooling costs for their children? Are the children of garment workers engaged in paid work in order tadd tthe family income sthat the family’s basic needs are covered? Are children of garment workers engaged in any unpaid work? If the children of garment workers dnot attend school, what are the reasons for this?

Scope: 74 pages
Reference: free of charge for download at somo.nl