Myanmar: Emerging Photographers and the fight against child labour

A Training of Trainers on Photojournalism was organized with the aim of using photography by youth and children for reflecting the issue of child labour at the community level and initiate dialogues based on these. Two participants of this training were awarded the 1st Price of the 8th Yangon Photo Festival.

News | 28 April 2016
ILO has developed a program on the Elimination of Child Labor (My-PEC), which aims to establish a comprehensive and inclusive response to reducing child labor in Myanmar. Key for sustainable improvement is reaching a behaviour change towards child labour. To that end, grassroots level awareness raising campaigns combined with national level dialogue are essential.

In Mon State, ILO has been working closely with the local CSO Women and Empowerment Program (WEP) to seek innovative approaches to reach out communities. With the support of the Embassy of France and the Yangon Photo Festival, a Training of Trainers on Photojournalism was organized in 2015, with the aim of using photography by youth and children for reflecting the issue of child labour at the community level and initiate dialogues based on these.

On March 19th 2016, two participants, Mi Lyah Rot and Mi Seik Chan, of this training in Mon State were awarded the 1st Price of the Yangon Photo Festival in the “Emerging Photographers” category. Their photo story, produced during the workshop tells the story of a young plastic collector in the outskirt of Mawlamyine in Mon State, Myanmar.