In the world, 168 million children are forced to study.
Since low-skilled labour is required by the fashion industry, child labour is especially common in this industry.
For example, in South India, 250,000 girls work under the Sumangali system, a tradition that involves sending young girls from poor families to work for three or five years in a textile factory in exchange for a simple wage and a lump sum payment at the end to pay for their dowry. Girls are overworked and are working in inhuman conditions which can be described as modern slavery.
References:
SustainYourStyle. (n.d.). Fashion & Environment. [online] Available at: https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/en/whats-wrong-with-the-fashion-industry?gclid=CjwKCAjwkdL6BRAREiwA-kiczMWoX-358AKhhrG81B9YcVAbukqGth0psUQCw6fh2URcX_uvKmqOHRoCoGMQAvD_BwE [Accessed 6 Sep. 2020].