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Summary: Girls are less likely than boys to be engaged in economic activity, but more likely to do household chores. Girls are also less likely to be enrolled in school. Girls make up 46% of the child labourers in the world - but when household chores are included girls have higher total work participation rates than boys at all ages. Most working girls perform jobs that are hidden, unvalued and uncounted. UNICEF claims that it is especially the "invisible" nature of the work that causes this vast and painful situation to remain unaddressed.
The main focus of this research is the degree of danger faced by working girls in Dhaka. According to ILO Convention 182, work is hazardous when it is, by nature or circumstances, likely to have adverse effects on the child’s safety, health and moral development. Girls are less likely than boys to be engaged in economic activity, but they are more likely to do household chores. Girls are also less likely to be enrolled in school. Girls make up 46% of the child labourers in the world - but when household chores are included girls have higher total work participation rates than boys at all ages. Most working girls perform jobs that are hidden, unvalued and uncounted. UNICEF claims that it is especially the "invisible" nature of the work that causes this vast and painful situation to remain unaddressed. This anthropological study followed young, poor girls in Dhaka working at home, on the streets and in garment factories.