Child labor in Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi child laborer carries aluminum plates at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012. Bangladesh adopted the National Child Labor Elimination Policy 2010, providing a framework to eradicate all forms of child labor by 2015, but according to the International Labor Organization there are about 3.2 million child laborers in Bangladesh.

A Bangladeshi child laborer arranges aluminum vessels at a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

Rubel, a 7-year-old child, sells flower garlands at an intersection of a busy road in Dhaka, Nov. 6, 2006.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A boy sells pineapples on the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 30, 2008.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

Bangladeshi child laborers work at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A child sells food on the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 30, 2008.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A boy works in his father's textile shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A child works in a corner store on the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A boy works in a hardware store in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A boy sells tea on the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A child carries dishes from a kitchen in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A child works at a street food stand in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A child sells food on the street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

A child works at a tea shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2008.

Rubel, a 7-year-old child, sells flower garlands at an intersection of a busy road in Dhaka, Nov. 6, 2006.

A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.

A Bangladeshi child laborer carries aluminum plates at a factory producing aluminum vessels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2012.