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Forced labor, including children - linked to World Bank

Forced labor, including children - linked to World Bank

Each year Uzbekistan, one of the world’s largest exporters of cotton, forces many people, including children, to work in the cotton fields for weeks in arduous conditions. Nurses and teachers are among those targeted, undermining access to health care and education.