Amel Ghani is a freelance journalist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She writes about labor and environmental, heritage and cultural issues. A large part of her work has also focused on the impact of infrastructure development in cities on the people that live in them. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/amel-ghani/rss en Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:28:18 +0000 Amel Ghani https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/15/exploited-and-unprotected-the-life-of-pakistans-home-based-workers https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/15/exploited-and-unprotected-the-life-of-pakistans-home-based-workers The home-based workers of Pakistan are unprotected by law, leaving them open to economic abuse from their families and exploitation by middlemen. But experts disagree on how best to help them.