Photo gallery: Child labour around the world
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In this Wednesday, Sept 26, 2012 photo, Bangladeshi child laborers work at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh adopted the National Child Labor Elimination Policy 2010, providing a framework to eradicate all forms of child labor by 2015, but according to the International Labour Organisation there are about 3.2 million child laborers in Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012 photo, a Bangladeshi child laborer works at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Wednesday, Sept 26, 2012 photo, a Bangladeshi child laborer works at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Bangladeshi child laborer carries empty bottles at a plastic bottle recycling center in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday, Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A child, (center), carries a basket of stones while unloading a quarry boat with adult workers at a port in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday, Sept 2, 2012. Porters earn 3,000 Myanmar Kyat (about $3.50) after unloading 300 baskets of stones from a boat at the port. -- PHOTO: AP
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Aung Ko Minn, 10, (back), yawns while scooping stones into baskets to prepare for his father and 15-year-old brother to carry on a quarry boat at a port in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday, Sept 2, 2012. Porters earn 3,000 Myanmar Kyat (about 3.5 U.S. Dollars) after unloading 300 baskets of stones from a boat at the port. -- PHOTO: AP
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Ragpicker children collect recyclable materials at a yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. The Indian cabinet has cleared a proposal that makes employment of children below 14 years a cognizable offence with a maximum three years imprisonment or fine up to rupees 50,000 (US$909) , according to news reports. -- PHOTO: AP
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Indian children, working at a roadside hotel, carry a table in Hyderabad, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Ragpicker children rest at a yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo taken on Wednesday July 12, 2012, Leila Mohamed, 13, cooks breakfast at the home of the family she works nonstop to earn her daily living. Last week Somali leaders voted in a new provisional constitution that greatly expands the rights afforded to children. It bars child labor and protects children from neglect and abuse. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo taken on Sunday July 15, 2012, Isaq Abdi and his younger brother Ahmedsa Abdi share a small meal from a plastic bag on a street corner at the end of the day after a daylong work. in Mogadishu, Somalia. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo taken on Sunday July 15, 2012, Isaq Abdi and his younger brother Ahmedsa Abdi share a small meal from a plastic bag on a street corner at the end of the day after a daylong work. in Mogadishu, Somalia. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Wednesday, Sept 26, 2012 photo, Bangladeshi child laborers work at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh adopted the National Child Labor Elimination Policy 2010, providing a framework to eradicate all forms of child labor by 2015, but according to the International Labour Organisation there are about 3.2 million child laborers in Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012 photo, a Bangladeshi child laborer works at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Wednesday, Sept 26, 2012 photo, a Bangladeshi child laborer works at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. -- PHOTO: AP
A Bangladeshi child laborer carries empty bottles at a plastic bottle recycling center in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday, Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A child, (center), carries a basket of stones while unloading a quarry boat with adult workers at a port in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday, Sept 2, 2012. Porters earn 3,000 Myanmar Kyat (about $3.50) after unloading 300 baskets of stones from a boat at the port. -- PHOTO: AP
Aung Ko Minn, 10, (back), yawns while scooping stones into baskets to prepare for his father and 15-year-old brother to carry on a quarry boat at a port in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday, Sept 2, 2012. Porters earn 3,000 Myanmar Kyat (about 3.5 U.S. Dollars) after unloading 300 baskets of stones from a boat at the port. -- PHOTO: AP
Ragpicker children collect recyclable materials at a yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. The Indian cabinet has cleared a proposal that makes employment of children below 14 years a cognizable offence with a maximum three years imprisonment or fine up to rupees 50,000 (US$909) , according to news reports. -- PHOTO: AP
Indian children, working at a roadside hotel, carry a table in Hyderabad, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Ragpicker children rest at a yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo taken on Wednesday July 12, 2012, Leila Mohamed, 13, cooks breakfast at the home of the family she works nonstop to earn her daily living. Last week Somali leaders voted in a new provisional constitution that greatly expands the rights afforded to children. It bars child labor and protects children from neglect and abuse. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo taken on Sunday July 15, 2012, Isaq Abdi and his younger brother Ahmedsa Abdi share a small meal from a plastic bag on a street corner at the end of the day after a daylong work. in Mogadishu, Somalia. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo taken on Sunday July 15, 2012, Isaq Abdi and his younger brother Ahmedsa Abdi share a small meal from a plastic bag on a street corner at the end of the day after a daylong work. in Mogadishu, Somalia. -- PHOTO: AP
Images relating to child labour. According to the International Labour Organization, there are around 215 million children working. Many of them work full-time and do not receive proper nutrition and care.
