Untouchables of Asia

Jakob Carlsen

Freelance

These girls are free to practice their dancing skills for an upcoming wedding in the Freed Haris Camp in Sindh, Pakistan. They are lucky. Their parents were freed from forced or bonded labour and now they live in a camp that has been established for former bonded labourers. Had their parents not been freed, these girls would have grown up in slavery. As a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Pakistan has a duty to ensure that children are not subjected to economic exploitation and that their fundamental rights are respected. Thousands of other girls are waiting to be freed, so they can dance too.

Jakob Carlsen, "Untouchables of Asia," in POYi Archive, Item #43159, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43159 (accessed November 23, 2024).