1. Iqbal: Based on the Life of Iqbal Masih
Child Labor
Iqbal: Based on the Life of Iqbal Masih

2. Child Labor Statistics
Child labor is classified as: when a child is either too young to work or are involved in hazardous activities that may compromise their physical, mental, social or educational development.
An estimated 150 million Child labors worldwide
Around 13 per cent of children aged 5 to 14 in developing countries are involved in child labor

3. Human Developmental Index
A tool developed by the United Nations to measure and rank countries' levels of social and economic development based on four criteria:
Life Expectancy at birth
Mean years of schooling
Expected years of schooling
Per capita GDP

4. Human Developmental index

6. Images of Child Labor

7. Images of Child Labor

8. Pakistan

9. Iqbal Masih Iqbal was born in 1982 in a small village in Pakistan
His father left the family
His brother was getting married so the family had to pay for the wedding they borrowed 600 Rupees ($12 dollars)
At age 4 Iqbal was bonded into slavery at a carpet factory

10. Iqbal Masih Iqbal worked a year for free as a carpet apprentice
Iqbal’s master would add food, tools and interest to the debt owned by his family
Iqbal’s family debt increased to 13,000 Rupees ($216 dollars)

11. Iqbal Masih The working conditions were horrible
Work 6 days a week 14 hours a day
Punished for talking or making mistake
Beatings, chained to looms, isolated in a dark room, and hung upside down
Iqbal was under 4 feet tall, 60 pounds, had a curved spine, & arthritious

12. Iqbal Masih
At 10 Iqbal escaped & joined the Pakistan Bonded Liberation Front
He received an education & became a leader around the issue of child slavery
Iqbal efforts helped free hundreds of child slaves in Pakistan
Iqbal won the Reebok Human Rights Award & traveled to the U.S.

13. Iqbal Masih
In 1995 Iqbal was visiting family when he was shot and killed
He was 13
The murder has never been solved
In 2000 he received the World’s Child Prize for his efforts working against child slavery
In 2009 Congress created the Iqbal Masih Award giving to a person who fight for the rights of children and against slavery

14. Discussion How can child slavery exist? Weak & Corrupt governments
Lack of rights and freedoms for citizens
Lack of education
Lack of laws
No enforcement of laws

15. Discussion
How can countries and aid organizations help the issue of child slavery?
Get countries to pass and enforce child slavery laws
Get governments to make child education mandatory
Make companies responsible for the products they sell so that they can verify that the products are not made by children
Send United Nations inspectors into countries that hid child slavery