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2 State of the Industry: CHILD & FORCED LABOR This chapter provides an overview of where geographically child and forced labor are used in apparel production today. We look at three main phases: cut-make-trim manufacturing, textiles production, and cotton growing and harvesting. <strong>Free2Work</strong> uses this information to understand companies’ specific supply chain risks.
Child & Forced Labor in Cut-Make-Trim Manufacturing Due to decades of international exposure, child and forced labor is less prevalent in export apparel factories today than it was twenty years ago. Nonetheless, people can be found in modern-day slavery even in some key global apparel production hubs. Six countries are known to use child and/or forced labor at the cut-make-trim level, including China and India -- both top-ten global exporters. Where is Child and Forced Labor Used? MEXICO ARGENTINA EUROPEAN UNION (26) TURKEY JORDAN INDIA BANGLADESH THAILAND INDONESIA CHINA MALAYSIA VIETNAM KEY: Yellow icons represent countries that lead the world in garment exports (Source: World Trade Organization, 2008) Red represents countries known to use child and/or forced labor in garment production (Source: DOL List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, 2011) SPOTLIGHT: VIETNAM Across Vietnam, tens of thousands of adults and children are held captive in state-sanctioned drug detention centers where they are forced to work and in some cases even tortured. These centers exist under the guise of providing “treatment”to the detainees. In reality they receive no medical care, but instead are forced to work to produce goods such as cashews, some of which are then sold on international markets. Captives who refuse to work can be placed in solitary confinement, beaten, or electrically shocked. Source: ILRF Research, 2012 9
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