The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) conducted a series of advocacy orientations on child labor based on Republic Acts (RA) 9231 or the law on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor, and RA 9208 or the law on anti-trafficking in persons, to help improve the plight of children engaged in hazardous and exploitative work.
DoLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that the advocacy was aimed at preventing companies from employing children and putting a stop to human trafficking.
“Child labor is a difficult program. Parents themselves usually are the ones putting their children to work. Child labor has been a predicament all over the country for many years. However, government has increased its efforts and consistently implemented laws for worker rights,” said Baldoz.
She added that the government has intensified its campaign against child labor and trafficking through a series of advocacy orientation, social dialogue, film showing and counseling caravans in different regions.
The secretary explained that this is part of the DoLE-wide advocacy to reduce the increasing number of child workers and cases of trafficking involving women and children.
“Children who work at a young age are forced to forego their education and many other youthful activities in order to contribute to the needs of the family. Because of their ignorance and vulnerability to abuse, these children fall easy prey to exploitative child labor and hazardous types of work,” Baldoz said.
The DoLE regional offices have invited officials from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and other government agencies as resource persons to the advocacy orientations. Participants included representatives from the academe, recruitment agencies, child laborers, and their parents, who were apprised on the salient features of RA 9231 and RA 9208.
Other topics that were discussed during the advocacy sessions, include child pornography and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS).
DoLE leads the program implementation on the improvement of conditions of work of children, banning of child employment in hazardous occupation, and enforcement of law, standards and policies under the mandate of the department. –Mina Diaz, Daily Tribune
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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