Pakistan’s Christian Voices Of Suffering: Debt, Sexual Abuse, And Exploitation In Brick Kilns And Joseph Janssen’s Lifesaving Mission – OpEd

Despite Pakistan outlawing bonded labor decades ago, the practice continues, hidden in the shadows and exacerbated by economic crises and poor enforcement. For hundreds of thousands of families, brick kilns have become places of generational enslavement, where debts are passed from parent to child, binding them to a life of harsh...