Child Labor

MANILA — Child labor remains to be a serious problem in the Philippines, with millions of children working in hazardous circumstances.

DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 26, 2013) – The Philippine military has condemned the continued recruitment of minors by the communist rebel group New People’s Army and use them as combatants in fighting the democratic government.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor (DOLE) is giving P11.9 million worth of livelihood assistance to parents of poor families to keep their children from working.

Many children are exposed to harsh and hazardous working conditions that harm their health and learning abilities. Press release | 27 June 2013 ROME – Governments need to take measures to protect children from harmful work in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, say the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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(Updated 3:30 p.m.) It’s not just armed rebel groups, but also the Philippine military that recruited minors for their operations in 2012, according to a new report from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The International Labor Organization, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and local NGOs want the government and industry to put a stop to child labor.

DUMAGUETE CITY, June 13 (PIA) — Education is still the best way to combat child labor. This was emphasized during the celebration of 2013 World Day Against Child Labor, held June 12 at the Robinson’s Dumaguete.

MANILA, Philippines – Over 10 million young children worldwide work as domestic workers, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said yesterday.

World Day Against Child Labour 2013 To mark World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO publishes a report outlining the abuses suffered by millions of children working in family homes.

12th June – To mark the 2013 International Day Against Child Labour, humanitarian agency World Vision is calling for governments, civil society and businesses to take rigorous and urgent action within their countries and regionally – to end child labour which has entrapped millions of children across Asia Pacific.

AGUSAN DEL SUR – The Foundation for the Development of Agusanons, Inc. (ADFI) has launched Friday the “Bata Muna” campaign to influence voters to consider children when voting and to vote for candidates who stand up for children’s rights come May 13 elections.

More than 215 million children worldwide are working, and over half of them are involved in hazardous jobs, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a new report.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has about 5.5 million child laborers (from five to 17 years old) with nearly three million of them doing hazardous tasks, a 2011 survey on children release by the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed.

MANILA – A group of children on Labor Day, May 1, challenges the country’s next political leaders to improve their living condition and keep them out of hazardous work by providing their parents with decent and productive jobs. The group further urge candidates to bare their plans to help the country achieve its commitment to…

Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Measures such as cash transfers or health insurance programmes can sometimes determine whether a child spends the day studying and playing, or working and being deprived of a fair chance at a decent future.

THE PHILIPPINES will cite improvements in its labor policies as it makes a case for the retention of tax perks granted by the United States, though a rights group behind a complaint is expected to argue that reforms to date are not enough.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here will grant special incentives to “child labor-free establishments” in the region, it was announced Monday.

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 10,000 barangays in the country have been found to have child laborers in hazardous situation, said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

MANILA, Philippines—The provincial government of Northern Samar has become the first provincial government unit in the country to enact a local anti-child labor ordinance, complete with an initial P1-million funding for its implementation, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.

In the Philippines a proposed new law would prosecute parents whose children are drafted into armed conflict as child soldiers. It’s believed there are thousands of child soldiers in the country, but there are concerns that the new law will criminalise parents whose children fall prey to militants.

CAGAYAN DE ORO — The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has started to implement a child labor monitoring system in sugar plantation areas in Bukidnon.

While South Asia is still lagging in curbing child labour, South American countries like Brazil and Chile have made significant strides. From 33 countries of the Asia and Pacific, 12 countries have achieved moderate advancement, seven countries minimal, eight no advancement whatsoever while six were not even assessed, according to the latest findings on the…

LEGAZPI CITY—The Bicol region has 300,000 children workers, next only to the 316,000 child laborers in Central Luzon. With its six provinces and eight cities, the Bicol region has been invariably called the country’s tambay (unemployed) capital.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said the government must support its own initiative to stop many local miners from using children as their employees in many parts of Bicol province.

LEGAZPI CITY – In the near future, poor families in Masbate’s fishing communities would no longer be living in scarcity while relying mainly on fishing for their daily subsistence but would be heading towards a more meaningful life through a highly profitable venture in seaweed farming.

LABOR Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz recently visited several barangays in Sagada to advocate child-labor free communities. Baldoz visited Madungo, Banga-an, Tanulong, Pide, Fidelisan, and Aguid villages in Sagada, Mountain Province last week to promote the convergence of services for the protection of children.

QUEZON CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) — The estimated number of working children aged five to 17 years old in the Philippines is about 5.492 million, based on the 2011 Survey on Children conducted by the National Statistics Office.