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CHILD LABOUR: What has changed? Progress in eliminating the use of forced child labour in the cotton harvests of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Published Jan. 17, 2011 10:38 AM

The production and export of cotton continues to be a major feature of the economy, politics and everyday lives of the people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Bringing in the cotton harvest in Central Asia has traditionally involved mobilizing wide sections of the community, including young people.