Resources on Child labour in Myanmar
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Child labour
Assessment of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State: Executive summary
30 June 2023
This assessment report, launched to mark the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2023, provides an in-depth picture of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State in Myanmar. It also maps current child protection and vocational educational services in these regions, as a basis for developing referral mechanisms, including labour market and training opportunities for vulnerable youth.
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Press release
Children paying a high price for engaging in work in Myanmar
30 June 2023
Survey reveals poverty a main driver of child labour in Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State with dangerous work and long hours common.
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Child labour
Assessment of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State
30 June 2023
This assessment report, launched to mark the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2023, provides an in-depth picture of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State in Myanmar. It also maps current child protection and vocational educational services in these regions, as a basis for developing referral mechanisms, including labour market and training opportunities for vulnerable youth. Additionally, it provides recommendations for appropriate awareness raising, advocacy and overarching key policy interventions to be pursued, when the situation allows.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2023
ILO Myanmar calls for concerted actions to promote social justice in the fight against child labour
12 June 2023
Urgent action needed to help the more than one million children trapped in child labour in Myanmar due to poverty and crises.
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Child labour
Wishing in a dream
02 November 2022
In Myanmar, the labour force survey suggests that there are over 1 million children involved in child labour and more than half of them risk their lives every day in hazardous working conditions.
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Child labour
Dreams for a better future
01 August 2022
Hear from Aung Aung, a 13 year-old boy who has been collecting scraps since he was 8 years-old, and dreams of becoming a doctor.
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Publication
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2022 Commemoration coloring book
01 August 2022
What does it mean to be a child? Explore what a happy and healthy childhood can look like when children are free from child labour in the ILO Myanmar’s Coloring Book commemorating World Day against Child Labour 2022.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2022
ILO Myanmar calls for more action to end child labour
14 June 2022
This World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, taking place shortly after the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, ILO Myanmar calls to accelerate multi-stakeholder efforts to prevent and eliminate child labour, with priority given to the worst forms of child labour.
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Press release
ILO to launch Myanmar eLearning Programme on Child Labour to bolster social protection and community action
30 May 2022
ILO (Myanmar) launches eLearning Programme on child labour.
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Publication
Introduction to Laws on Occupational Safety and Health in Myanmar 2020
04 May 2022
This Introduction to laws on occupational safety and health guidebook has been developed for human resource practitioners, academics, students, employers, trade unions, and workers to provide accessible information on occupational safety and health (OSH) international labour standards and how these are translated into national laws in Myanmar.