This 9yo girl is a factory boss

Oct 12, 2013 - 15:26
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This 9yo girl is a factory boss
Meem, 9, a factory worker in Bangladesh. Picture: The Star

SHE'S in charge of factory workers sewing clothes for 12 hours a day. She's paid less than $35 dollars a month. And she's a nine-year-old girl.

Meem works in a sweatshop on Dhaka Bangaldesh.

According to thestar.com , her working days run from 9am until 9pm. She gets an hour off for lunch but spends the rest of the time sitting on a concrete floor in stifling heat.

Although she works as a \"sewing helper\", she sometimes has to take charge and train and supervise new staff.

She dreams of one day becoming a sewing machine operator.

\"When I become a sewing operator, I will make very good shirts,\" Meem told thestar.com .

\"No one will yell at me.\"

Meem uses the money to help her family. She also collects hair clips.

Her favourite saying is 'Sab bhalo' - Bengali for 'it is all okay'.

It's an extraordinary outlook on life for a young girl whose future looks to be in this factory, or one just like it.

\"I want to work in a bigger factory one day ... there is more money,\" she told thestar.com .

\"Maybe I should stay here always. This is so close to home.\"

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Mike Gallagher Freelance writer with a passion for travelling