children of bangladesh

At Images For Inclusion we value the life and future of all children and believe that we need to empower them by opening a window to the world and giving them a voice. Child abuse must be addressed with urgency.

The amount of child labor in Bangladesh is truly shocking. Homeless children are everywhere. They walk around begging for money and risk being assaulted or raped by strangers on a regular basis. While some children can enjoy a game on a cricket field, others are collecting trash to be able to buy food in order to survive. Children do not enjoy equal opportunities in their society which is accentuated by prevailing cultural traditions. 

The implementation of Child Labor Laws has failed — there is an enormous amount of children being abused by employers who force them to do heavy work such as brick-chipping, construction work and waste picking. They are paid low or no wages at all, eat contaminated food, and are exposed to hazardous working environments like the production of bidi/cigarette and aluminum products. They work long hours which interfere with their inalienable right to an education—most drop out.  Child Labor exposes children to physical, psychological and sexual abuse. Therefore,  child labor should be a major national and international concern.

The children of Bangladesh are victims of poverty and neglect.  Moreover, they are systematically discriminated against by their race, and are subject to sexual abuse.

The different forms of abuse girls suffer based on their gender are tremendous. This power structure strengthens the lack of opportunities girls to have to access an education and creates recipients of systematic economic abuse. IFI believes that it is fundamental to help change the sexist social structure that dominates Bangladeshi people's lives — where religious beliefs and customs are stronger than the law.