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Background |
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Pakistan
supplies around 70% of the world’s footballs, with an
estimated 44,000 men and women stitchers in the Sialkot
region of Pakistan involved in the production of 35 million
footballs every year. International campaigns in the 1990s have
succeeded in virtually eliminating child Labour by gradually
moving production away from home based stitchers to independently
monitored stitching centers and providing constructive alternatives
for children such as basic education and skills training. The
centers are operated by the main factories or by subcontractors
and are segregated by gender to comply with religious and cultural
values. However, low pay and a lack of social benefits remain
issues for workers in the industry. |
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Success
Stories |
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Medical Program |
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Nasreen Bibi is working as Football Stitcher for Talon Sports Private limited in Propy Nagra center sub center to Gillan Chak (Main Center of Talon Sports) from last three years. Nasreen Bibi was continuously feeling severe pain in her neck. She was well aware of Talon Fair Trade program and after getting the permission from her supervisor for medical ... |
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Micro Credit Program |
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On Friday, I had an opportunity of meeting a lady named Zahida Parveen, a practical picture of above saying of George Bernard Shaw. At the age of fifty with her wrinkled hands and weakening physical strength she was busy in handling customers when I entered in her shop. In the time we spent together her conversation shows her remarkable level of motivation ... |
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