ILO PAKISTAN LOOM AWARD NO CHILD LABOUR
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INVENTOR of a new ergonomic carpet loom reducing Pakistan weavers' work injuries, making them less likely to force their children to work, has been honoured internationally. Saeed Awan, Pakistan's Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment director won the Tech Museum Prize, of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California for socially beneficial technological advances. His loom was inspired by a child labour study he made for the International Labour Organisation.
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THE INVENTOR of a new ergonomic carpet loom reducing Pakistan weavers' work injuries, making them less likely to force their children to work, has been honoured internationally. Saeed Awan, Pakistan's Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment director won the Tech Museum Prize, of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California for socially beneficial technological advances. His loom was inspired by a child labour study he made for the International Labour Organisation.
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