Pakistan is signatory to many international conventions on modern slavery including Slavery Convention, Supplementary Slavery Convention, Forced Labour Convention, Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, CRC Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, but hasn’t ratified UN Trafficking Protocol. The state is responsible, under the Constitution, for extending social protection to the citizens. However, only 0.2 per cent of the GDP is allocated to social protection spending. The budget allocated by the government to respond to modern slavery is not known. The responsibility of labour inspections rests with provincial governments and the mandate of labour inspectorates differs from province to province under different procedures. Implementation of Bonded Labour System Abolition Act 1992 and its corresponding Rules 1995 is an example. So far, not a single case has been registered under this act. After the 18th Amendment, these rules fall under the domain of provinces. Punjab has enacted some laws on bonded labour. Though the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill was passed in 2011, its enforcement is yet another stumbling block.
Pakistan ranks number three in modern slavery and child labour. According to the Global Slavery Index report 2013 published by the Walk Free Organization of Australia, out of 29.8 million people in the world more than two million people are engaged in modern slavery-like conditions in Pakistan which include debt bondage, forced marriage, and sale or exploitation of children, human trafficking and forced labour. Two provinces — Sindh and Punjab — have the highest prevalence of bonded labour in agriculture and brick kiln industry.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index, an alternative to income-based poverty estimates, shows the proportion of the population living in poverty is high throughout South Asia. In Pakistan, multidimensional poverty is 49 per cent. The National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan 2011 substantiate these reports and indicate a worrisome scenario. At national level, about 42 per cent of the households are food secure while the remaining 58 per cent are food insecure. Pakistan’s literacy rate remains considerably short of the MDG target of 88 per cent by 2015 at 58 per cent, and closer inspection reveals large gender and rural/urban disparities.
Green Rural Development Organization (GRDO) Executive Director, Dr Ghulam Hyder, says that these problems have emanated from the unequal and unjust distribution of resources. “Pakistan’s ruling elite and landed aristocracy have got hold over resources while the majority weaker sections of society have no or very little resources.”
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Pakistan ranks number three in modern slavery and child labour. According to the Global Slavery Index report 2013 published by the Walk Free Organization of Australia, out of 29.8 million people in the world more than two million people are engaged in modern slavery-like conditions in Pakistan which include debt bondage, forced marriage, and sale or exploitation of children, human trafficking and forced labour. Two provinces — Sindh and Punjab — have the highest prevalence of bonded labour in agriculture and brick kiln industry.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index, an alternative to income-based poverty estimates, shows the proportion of the population living in poverty is high throughout South Asia. In Pakistan, multidimensional poverty is 49 per cent. The National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan 2011 substantiate these reports and indicate a worrisome scenario. At national level, about 42 per cent of the households are food secure while the remaining 58 per cent are food insecure. Pakistan’s literacy rate remains considerably short of the MDG target of 88 per cent by 2015 at 58 per cent, and closer inspection reveals large gender and rural/urban disparities.
Green Rural Development Organization (GRDO) Executive Director, Dr Ghulam Hyder, says that these problems have emanated from the unequal and unjust distribution of resources. “Pakistan’s ruling elite and landed aristocracy have got hold over resources while the majority weaker sections of society have no or very little resources.”
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