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Child trafficking
Child trafficking in the Philippines: A situational analysis
Child trafficking is essentially seen as a labour phenomenon which has relationships to migration. The decision for a child to leave home to work, willful or not, made by him or for him by his parents, is affected by individual, familial and...
Time-Bound Programme Baseline Survey, Integrative Report, Manila Philippines.
Child labour in the pyrotechnics and fashion accessories industries
Employers’ demand for child labour in the pyrotechnics and fashion accessories industries in the Philippines
This study endeavours to examine employers’ decisions based on differences between adult and child labour, and the demand rationale for employing children.
Elimination of child labour in mines
Eliminating child labour in mines: The Philex initiative: A good practice in the Philippines: Brochure
As part of the Philex Mining Corporation's community development and outreach programmes, the company has built and continue to maintain the 21-kilometer Philex-Kias provincial road which also benefits neighbouring communities.
Working children in drugs in the Philippines
Working children in drugs in the Philippines: A participatory action research for child/family and community empowerment
Children involved in drug sales and trafficking are difficult to trace and identify because of the illegal and hidden nature of the trade and the social and political sensitivity of the phenomenon. Because of the associated risks/dangers and...
Child labour in small scale mining
In search for the pot of gold: A case study of the experiences of the ILO-IPEC Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour in Small Mining...
The case study describes the lessons learned from the process, how the alliance has been formed, and the varied responses employed to combat child labour. It is hoped that lessons generated from the project will help local advocates and project...
Child domestic workers in the Philippines
An in-depth study for a time-bound programme targeting child domestic workers in the Philippines
A child domestic worker (CDW) is defined as a child working in an employer's household with or without wage. CDWs perform such domestic chores as washing dishes, cooking, cleaning the house and looking after young children and any other household...
An In-Depth Study for a Time-Bound Program Targeting Child Domestic Workers in the Philippines
This report treats more extensively the issue of child domestic work in the Philippines by focusing on relevant specific issues and responses in the ground. This report is therefore explores strategic set of action relevant for the national...
Child labour in the Philippines
The Philippine time-bound programme: Child labour sugpuin! Ngayon Din!
The Time-Bound Programme (TBP) is an improved modality designed to assist countries to eliminate the worst forms of child labour within the shortest possible time frame. It aims to assist countries in developing policies, programmes and projects...
Eliminating child labour in the Philippines
Eliminating child labour in the Philippines
The ILO reports an increased commitment among governments and other social partners to take comprehensive action against child labour. As a first line of reasoning, it may be said that the elimination of child labour appeals to one’s sense of right...
Child labour in prostitution
In-depth study on the situation of child labour in prostitution
This study was based on two theoretical underpinnings, the Push-pull factors and the Symbolic Interactionism. The PUSHPULL factors is a migration theory that suggests that circumstances at the place of origin (such as poverty and unemployment) repel...
Education and the worst forms of child labour
An assessment of education and the worst forms of child labour: How do education policies and programmes work (or not work) for children?
The general objective of the study was to analyze the linkage between education and child labour, especially those engaged in the worst forms of labour.
Child labour in kubkub fishing
Children of the kubkub fishery
The problem of child labour in the fishing sector has caught public attention for decades now. It was first highlighted in the mid-1980’s with the national tri-media’s exposure of muro-ami fishing, a form of commercial fishing which was heavily...
Child labour in agricultural sector
An in-depth study on the situation of child labour in the agricultural sector
This report presents the findings on the situation of the child workers (5-17 years old) in the agricultural sector, specifically covering four industries, namely: (a) sugar; (b) rubber; (c) banana; and (d) pineapple.
Child labour in the pyrotechnics industry
A cursory assessment study on the situation of child labour in the pyrotechnics industry
Upon ratification of ILO Convention No. 182, a national interagency team was tasked to implement a Time-Bound Programme (TBP) assisted by ILO-IPEC. The conduct of assessment studies forms part of the preparatory activities leading to an initial...
Child labour in the quarrying industry
A cursory assessment study on the situation of child labour in the quarrying industry
This cursory assessment study is focused on the situation of child labor in the quarrying industry. Quarrying subjects children to manual handling or transport of heavy loads, expose them to work in an unhealthy environment from dust, heat and...
Child labour in the fishing sector
Children in pa-aling and kubkub fishing expeditions: An assessment report for on the deep-sea and fishing sector studies
Pa-aling is the local name given to a fishing technology said to replace the once controversial labour intensive but highly profitable commercial fishing venture, the Muro-ami. Muro-ami means a Japanese fishing gear used in reef fishing which...
Child labour in the sugar industry
Child labour in the sugar plantations: A cursory assessment
This paper is a cursory assessment of the child labour that has been operating in the sugar cane plantations. It seeks to expose a wholistic view of such reality so that we could see and understand the interrelationships that constitute it and see...
Filipino children in prostitution
The Filipino children in prostitution: A worst form of child labour
The conduct of assessment studies forms part of the preparatory activities leading to an initial assessment of the appropriateness and feasibility of including three priority child labour groups for the TBP.
Child labour
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Time-Bound Programme in the Philippines
In the Philippines, the ILO implemented the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour to prevent and withdraw children from the worst forms of child labour, end these practices, and protect children while supporting decent work and...