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Myanmar Safe Work for Youth - Training Kit (second edition)
The “Safe work for youth” Kit includes materials designed for public administrators, employers and young people about the occupational hazards and risks faced by young workers in Myanmar in the garment, construction and fishing sectors. The kits...
Brochure
Child Labour in Myanmar, A Legal review
This brochure is based on the edition of the legal review of national laws and regulations related to child labour in light of international standards in Myanmar, which was conducted in 2020. It covers the period up to December 2020.
Child Labour and how you can help
1 in 11 children are trapped in child labour in Myanmar, with half of these children subjected to hazardous conditions. Child labour : deny children education, is harmful to their health and development, and can be deadly. It prevents children,...
Situational Assessment
COVID-19 and child labour in Myanmar
This study conducted remotely between July 2020 and January 2021 sought to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour. The study was conducted in six states and regions: Ayeyarwady Region, Bago Region, Kayin State, Mon State,...
World Day Against Child Labour 2021
The ILO makes an urgent appeal to protect Myanmar’s children as child labour rises to 160 million worldwide
Case study
Safety first: Adapting the ILO’s child labour response in the face of COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Selim Benaissa’s first thought was of vulnerable children. As the ILO’s Chief Technical Advisor for the Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, he has seen firsthand that poverty is a major factor...
Myanmar signs up to key international convention on minimum working age ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour
Media coverage report
Virtual Press Briefing on ILO Convention 138
Media coverage report
Op-Ed
Turning the tide against child labour – for Khin’s sake
More than a million Myanmar pupils returned to the classroom in late July but a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks has forced schools to close again. Selim Benaissa, Chief Technical Advisor at the International Labour Organization (ILO), shifts...
Case study
It takes a village: The community saving scheme transforming children’s lives in Myanmar
It was in 2017, in a small village in the Ayeyarwady region of Myanmar, that 45-year-old Naw Thawri’s life took a terrible turn. Her husband passed away and she found herself alone – a widow with four children and no source of income to support her...
Myanmar gears up to implement minimum working age convention
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MoLIP), together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, and Myanmar workers and employers’ organisations, and child protection civil society organizations today have come...
World Day Against Child Labour
“I just want to go to school”: New Myanmar photo exhibitions offer powerful insights into the lives of children trapped in child labour
A six-year-old who begs at a Pagoda to buy medicine for her sick mother, so desperate to return to school that she often still wears her old school uniform. A fisherman who has worked on Or Khom lake since he was five years old. A girl who burns...
World Day Against Child Labour
Myanmar Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population issue a statement on World Day against Child Labour, 2020
As the saying ‘The youth of today are the future of tomorrow’, in the future, the duty to safeguard the sovereignty and to work for the development of the State will be delegated to youths of today. Youths grow up from infants and become adults and...
World Day Against Child Labour
Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar issue a statement on World Day Against Child Labour (2020)
World Day Against Child Labour presents us with an important opportunity to stand united in the fight to end child labour. This year WDACL is drawing particular attention to the need to eliminate child labour and the impact of the Covid-19 health...
World Day Against Child Labour
Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) issue a statement on World Day Against Child Labour (2020)
Our world today has changed significantly with many uncertainties. Especially in times like this, we must remain committed to creating a better tomorrow for our children, the future of our planet. We must nurture them, and invest in them, so that...
World Day Against Child Labour
Myanmar signs up to key international convention on minimum working age ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour
Amid COVID-19 crisis, ILO and UNICEF call to ‘Protect Children, Now More than Ever’
World Day Against Child Labour 2020
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
COVID-19 presents unprecedented risks to the rights and safety and development of children. World Day Against Child Labour 2020 calls upon countries and organizations to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable during crisis management and recovery.
A legal review of national laws and regulations related to child labour in Myanmar in light of international laws and standards
This study seeks to assess whether the existing national legislation is comprehensive enough to address child labour issues in Myanmar, with a special attention to the worst forms of child labour.
A year of partnership and action on child labour has begun
On 21 January 2021 the International Labour Organization (ILO) joined activists and UN, regional and national partners from around the globe to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.
Analytical report
Assessment of vulnerable youth economic integration opportunities in Myanmar
The report on the assessment of vulnerable youth economic integration opportunities in Myanmar focuses on understanding the challenges faced by young people in securing decent employment and economic stability. The study highlights the structural...