Child Labor in Automobiles of Bangladesh : The Situation in Sylhet City

ISBN-13: 9783847301059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 108 str.

Neaz Ahmed; A. S. M. Monjurul Hasan

Opis

Child labor is a highlighted problem in most of the developing country throughout the world. Unfortunately, as in other developing country Bangladesh is not free from the curse of child labor. Working children are widely seen in most of the urban centers of Bangladesh. Children involved in economic activities due to extreme poverty. This reality forces children to shape their identity as wage earner. This study has explored the over all situation of child labor in automobile workshops in Sylhet. The study reveals that working children subjected to unfavorable and risky working conditions are in a position to accidents. They often received injuries because most of the owners do not have protective materials in auto workshops. Working children are treated harshly by the employers at the work place. They have to work hard in workshops for long working hour with low wage.

O autorze

Neaz Ahmed, PhD is a professor of Social Work at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Currently his research focuses on marriage and divorce, marital satisfaction and adjustment, problems of juvenile delinquent etc. A.S.M. Monjurul Hasan has obtained his Masters Degree in Social Work from the same university.