Post on 25-May-2015
A look at in the Philippines
Child labor refers to the illegal employment of children below 18 years old in hazardous occupations.
ILO defines child labor as, damage to children’s health, hamper their education and lead to further exploitation and abuse.
ILO also defines the worst child labour which includes using children in armed forces (i.e. in Africa), sexual exploitation like prostitution and pornography, illegal activities like trafficking of drugs etc.
The State, through the Department of Labour and Employment, defines "child labour" as "the illegal employment of children below the age of fifteen (15)…….
The term "child" recently acquired a new meaning upon the enactment of R.A. 7610 in 1992, otherwise known as the Child Protection Law.
The new law, which devotes an entire chapter on working children, expanded the definition of children to mean "persons below eighteen (18) years of age or those over but are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition.“c
About 2.06 million children all around the Philippines are compelled to do labor, such as in crop plantations, mining caves, rock quarries and factories.
Every child has the right to the most basic of necessities in life like a healthy environment, formal education, and most importantly, a loving family to come home.
THE REASONS WHY CHILDREN WORK
Child labour is rooted in poverty and the lack of economic opportunities
Children with unemployed parents or whose parents do not have social security must work to help in their family's struggle for survival.
Failures in the education system
Philippine culture especially in rural areas
Another major factor in the increase in the number of working children is the demand for child workers.
Natural calamity like Tsunami, cyclone, flood etc. Also drag children towards child labour.
CHILD LABOR
Child Labor/Abuse Facts
Child Labor Is increasing Around The World
Rank Country Rating
1 Myanmar Extreme
2 North Korea Extreme
3 Somalia Extreme
4 Sudan Extreme
5 DR Congo Extreme
6 Zimbabwe Extreme
7 Afghanistan Extreme
8 Burundi Extreme
9 Pakistan Extreme
10 Ethiopia Extreme
Child Labor Is increasing Around The World
CHILD LABOR SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
Conditions
Service
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Effects
Economy Knowledge Health Issues
CHILD LABOR SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF CHILD WORKERS
HISTORICAL EVOULITON OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES
ACT NO. 3071"An Act to Regulate the Employment of Women and Children in Shops, Factories, Industrial, Agricultural and Mercantile Establishments, and Other Place of Labour in the Philippine Islands, to Provide Penalties for Violations Hereof and for Other Purposes"
Revised Penal Code (Art. 273)"Exploitation of Child Labour" (Art. 278). "Exploitation of Minors"
R.A. 679 "An Act to Regulate the Employment of Women and Children, to Provide Penalties for Violation Hereof, and for Other Purposes".
ILO Convention Nos. 59, 77 & 90 ILO Convention No. 59
ILO Convention No. 77
ILO Convention No. 90
P.D. 148
P.D. 442 - Labour Code
P.D. 603 - Child and Youth Welfare Code
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
R.A. 7610 - The Child Protection Law
R.A. 7658
"An Act Prohibiting the Employment of Children Below 15 Years of Age in Public and Private Undertakings"
STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING THE CHILD LABOR PROBLEM
"There is one dream that all Filipinos share: that our children may have a better life than we have had . . . there is one vision that is distinctly Filipino: the vision to make this country, our country, a nation for our children."
Jose W. Diokno