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ILO-AJI Jakarta to award journalists on child labour and education

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta will conduct a media award ceremony on child labour and education on the 15th December in Jakarta. The winners from five categories—print, online,...

Kimung, marginalized child worker: Fate of child sex workers

Amid increasing attention to the labour movement, child workers receive the least attention, but their fate and wages are far worse than those of workers in the formal sector.

The 2012 Human Rights Day: The right of children to be free from child labour

To commemorate the 2012 Human Rights Day, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Indonesia, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Terre des Hommes will host a film screening and a panel discussion on Child...

ILO-IPEC welcomes Gordon Brown Report on child labour and education

A new report by Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy on Global Education, has drawn attention to the urgent need to increase international and national commitment to tackling child labour by ensuring that all children have access to education.

Teachers need more supports to make education beneficial to all

Urgent actions are needed to support teachers to help Viet Nam become a learning society and make the profession deserve the noble status.

Heart breaking stories of child workers in domestic roles

A simple house located at Jalan Sagu Gang Gajen no. 52, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, is full of the jokes and laughter of the girls living there. They are child domestic workers (CDWs) who are busy in the kitchen.

Realizing child domestic workers’ dreams through sewing class

The atmosphere in “Sanggar Belajar Masa Depan Pekerja Rumah Tangga Anak (PRTA) or Learning Studio for the Future of Child Domestic Workers (CDWs) in Kranji” at Jalan Banteng no. 18, RT/RW 01/11 Kranji, West Bekasi was full of laughter. Several...

Employer’s slight hope for child domestic workers

Issues pertaining to children domestic workers (CDWs) are rarely made public. It is different than factory workers who are frequently highlighted by mass media when they have public demonstrations. Reports on CDWs are rare, almost nonexistent.

Learning spirit from the hill of trash

The sun has yet to rise when Tika Lindawati is ready to go to work with a big basket on her back. Slowly, the 10 year old girl climbs a mountain of trash in front of her hut.

The humble roots of the nature school

Tunas Mulia Nature School was established because of the founder’s concern for child scavengers in Sumur Batu and Bantargebang disposal area (TPA) in Bekasi, West Java. Hundreds of child scavengers who live in temporary huts in that area have...

He wouldn’t hesitate to kill

“I always keep a machete under the bag I use as a pillow. If they really want to kill me, I won’t hesitate in killing them first.”

Two Indonesian boys in an Australian prison

Indonesian boys were jailed with adult prisoners in an Australian prison. It has been months since they were arrested as criminals in the country. Their road to freedom is complicated.

Children fight against time

There are still children forced to work hard. They missed their chance to study and are paid little.

Underage drivers rule the road by night

“It’s not that hard once you’ve got it moving,” says Andi Ilham as he powers a lurching Metro Mini at high speed down a Jakarta street late at night.

Future national football player who “plays” on streets

He once attended a football school in Senayan, but little Ilham eventually “fell” into the streets and now drives for Metromini.

Child ‘substitute drivers’

Child drivers? “I don’t know about that,” said the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Linda Amalia. “At night, children should study or rest at home.”

The true sole of Indonesia’s child labourers

Fans of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales may remember the story of “The Elves and the Shoemaker.” It was the tale of a humble shoemaker and his wife who struggled with business until mysterious elves came to help in the middle of the night....

The benefits of sustainable and responsible workplace practices

The ILO believes that the results of its first public-private partnership (PPP) to train Chinese suppliers of Switzerland’s second-largest retailer will show that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can become more productive and competitive by...

International Day of the Girl Child

ILO says discrimination against young girls must end

The world must make sure that girl children find their rightful places at home, school and, as they grow up, at work - on equal terms with boys.

European Union and ILO support minimum age for employment to be set at 14 years

A European Union funded and ILO implemented project Combating Abusive Child Labour (CACL-II), has supported that the minimum age for employment should be set at 14 years. This is in compliance with the ILO Convention no. 138 on “minimum age in...