Kaso ng child labor sa bansa, bahagyang bumaba ayon sa DOLE
Kaso ng child labor sa bansa, bahagyang bumaba ayon sa DOLE
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00:00The number of child labor cases in the country is declining according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
00:06The DOLE is doing its best to get rid of child laborers.
00:12Noel Talacay has the details.
00:18Countries in Southeast Asia will join the fight against child labor.
00:24The Philippines is also a part of the DOLE.
00:34The goal is not to have redundancy, not to reinvent the wheel.
00:40What is effective is to contextualize, scale up, replicate, and sustain.
00:48Major outcomes or major programs that we are doing, first is to help both governments with increasing enforcement of laws for the protection of children.
01:01According to the DOLE, the number of child labor cases in the country is declining.
01:07Almost 100,000 cases were reported in 2022 compared to 2021.
01:14The DOLE also recorded some regions in the country where there are the highest number of child labor cases, including the region of Mindanao.
01:26Children are often sent to dangerous jobs in agriculture.
01:32If the child does not go to school, if the child is in danger, for example, he helps his parents, he sells, but he is on the street.
01:43If the child cannot sleep for 8 hours and cannot eat on time.
01:50That is why the DOLE made an effort to help child laborers, including giving jobs to parents.
02:00What do we do first? We profile, we look for where the child laborers are.
02:06What do we assist them with? What are their needs?
02:10First, to be able to work or train them.
02:13If they do not have a preference to work or train, we give them an opportunity to start a business.
02:23Prison and fine will be the punishment for violating Republic Act 9231 or Child Labor Law.
02:29Together with the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to end child labor in the country.
02:40Noel Talacay for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.