9-Year-Old Bonded Child Laborer at a Brick Kiln
West Bengal, India
A young girl bonded into slavery from a catchment area in a neighboring state pulls excess clay from a brick form. Alone without her family that was forced to sell her, she works day after day, carrying mud and making bricks. The bricks behind her represent a portion of her days work. Caste (social) and gender prejudice make life especially hard for girls in India and around the world.
