Ask your retailer whether they can supply carpets from the india bearing the rugmark.
Child labour in carpet weaving industry.
Author links open overlay panel sayan chakrabarty ulrike grote.
An important development which has a bearing on the incidence of child labour in the carpet industry in india is that in recent years there has been an overall decline in the.
2005 9 worked on child labor in carpet weaving industry of pakistan.
Such an activity that disturbs the schooling of child harmful for child health or impose bad effect on physical psychological or social spiritual development of child between the 05 14 years.
The horrific practice of child labor exists in many other industries as well including.
Economic and political weekly 37 52 2003 pp.
She found that majority 71 7 respondents initiated carpet weaving due to poverty.
Child labor in carpet weaving.
They have attacked unicef the.
Carpet manufacturers and the carpet export industry in pakistan as well as carpet importers and retailers in the usa and other western countries have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry.
It is important to be aware that the rug and carpet industry is not the only perpetrator of child and bonded labor.
Child labour in carpet weaving industry is decreasing.
Economic and labour market analysis department emp elm publications.
Evidences from homebased carpet weaving industry of kashmir child labour is a multi faceted problem.
Study to analyse various determinants of child labour in the carpet weaving industry of.
Is child labour really necessary in india s carpet industry.
While 10 7 started.
Have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry.
The use of child labor in several countries where hand woven rugs and carpets are produced has been well documented.
The study analyses various determinants of child labour in the home based carpet weaving industry of kashmir from a sample of 960 our results shows that low socio economic status of the family force the children to enter into the labour market.
The study recommends that governmet as well as ngos.
Impact of social labeling in india and nepal.
Support carpet retailers who sell rugmark carpets.
If you are buying or thinking of buying a hand knotted carpet ask the retailer for a guarantee that the carpet was not produced by exploited child labor.
Ask them how they check on their suppliers.
Carpet weaving areas district state no of villages studied core carpet belt bhadohi and mirzapur utter.
Labour market papers no.
