Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability

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Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability

STORY: Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of child laborers in Baghdad markets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-QARAGHOLI, Retired construction engineer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI AL-OBAIDI, Lawyer STORYLINE: It is not uncommon to see underage girls and boys selling goods in Baghdad's crowded streets and markets, pushing carts to deliver goods, or unloading the trucks. This is just part of the rising child labor problem in the war-torn Iraq, where the number of children forced to work is increasing due to the decline in Iraqi families' incomes caused by political chaos and economic woes. "We are a five-member family and live in a room rented in an old house. I have to help my father, who is a daily wage worker. I gain, sometimes 5,000 Iraqi dinars (about four U.S. dollars)," Ahmed Saad, 10, told Xinhua. He was selling bottled water and small bags of ice cubes to passers-by and

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