In many countries those who can get jobs in factories are considered lucky, and young girls leave their families in rural areas to travel hundreds of miles in search of such work. Yet the reality when they arrive is tough. Workers across the world face a daily grind of excessive hours, forced overtime, lack of job security, poverty wages, denial of trade union rights, poor health, exhaustion, sexual harassment and mental stress.  Even in factories which on the surface look clean and modern, workers are often deprived of their internationally-recognised basic rights.