Hope for Pakistan's child workers
A Karachi-based group bent on eradicating child labor is offering school lessons outside their working hours. Full Story »
Posted by Derek HawkinsReview
This is a prime example of a subject that gets surfaced, gets everyone all 'het up' - and then sinks out of sight again. At least there is reference to the 1990s , which, if I remember correctly, had an 11 year old worker as a spokesperson (I think he became world famous and then was apparently murdered). Maybe the article doesn't have great verifiable statistics - but are any statistics on this totally reliable? And there's no indication of who runs and/or contracts with places employing children? Wal Mart? Is that soccer ball factory still in business?
And yes this country is our ally. I wonder what's happening in India.