Child labour in Bangladesh: The dark side of the leather industry

Child labour in Bangladesh: The dark side of the leather industry

[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 02/24/2025

Bangladesh is the world's second-largest leather-exporting country. A quarter of the country's leather workers are children, according to a study by the University of Sussex. These youngsters are paid just €35 a month, come into contact with chemicals and work leather with sharp tools, (…)



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