from People’s Journal
ALTHOUGH a law prohibits the employment of persons below 15 years old, this poverty stricken nation of more than 90 million people is teeming with child workers.
Due to grinding poverty, which has been forcing more and more…
from People’s Journal
DESPITE the government’s nationwide campaign against child exploitation, the Philippines is still teeming with child workers, who are forced to drop out of school not only in the countryside but also in Metropolitan Manila and other urban centers…
from The Manila Times
THE Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday announced the launching of a four-year school project for child workers, which highlights the observance of the World Day Against Child Labor.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque in a statement said…
by Dennis Berino
from The Manila Times
Poverty has many faces. Hunger, out-of-school youth, illegal settlers. One of the most invidious however is making children work to help support their families.
It is the right of children to be nurtured, to go to…
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