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Pakistan’s Bangle Industry Strangles Workers at Home

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Hyderabad, Pakistan, May 13 2014 (IPS) - IPS’ Zofeen Ebrahim visits a group of home-based workers in Pakistan’s Hyderabad who work long hours for little pay and no recognition of the labour they perform.

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