Impact and people
2013
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Afghan women unleashing their business potential
01 March 2013
How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.
2012
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Working a childhood away in Afghanistan’s kilns
07 June 2012
Children as young as five work as brick makers in Afghanistan’s kilns, as poverty and debt keep their families in low-wage bonded labour. Tackling the issue is far more complex than just banning child labour in the kilns, the ILO says.
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Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan
06 February 2012
Bonded labour of adults and children in brick kilns is one of the most prevalent, yet least known forms of hazardous labour in Afghanistan. A new ILO study on the phenomenon marks the first attempt to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of bonded labour in two provinces of the country. ILO Online spoke with Samuel Hall consulting, lead author of the study.