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2009
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World Day against Child Labour 2009
Girls in gold-mining: “I don’t want my children to be like me”
10 June 2009
Over 18,000 girls and boys are engaged in mining and quarrying in the Philippines. For many generations, the search for gold in small-scale mining has been a means of survival for poor families. Girls in such work are particularly vulnerable. Minette Rimando, ILO press officer in Manila, wrote this report for ILO Online.