The Alarming Increase of Child Laborers

“The rising number of child labor in the Philippines is an indictment of the government’s failure to positively address the population problem”, according to Albay Representative, Edcel Lagman.

The child laborers were deprived of education, that is why, they don’t have enough knowledge and  understanding of the realities of life especially when they had started a family of their own.

“The number of child workers in the Philippines has breached the 5 million mark comes in the heels of the aggravated maternal death rate of 162 deaths per 100,000 live births”, according to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Lagman strongly believes that both maternal deaths and child labor will be reduced and prevented once the RH bill becomes a law. Also, according to him, “..the unremitting pregnancies of Filipino women in the marginalized sectors due to lack of information and access to reproductive health and family planning services and supplies largely contribute to the increase in child labor as numerous children are suffered to work in their tender years to augment family incomes”.

 

 

 

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Burden of A Young Mind

A child has rights and privileges to live properly. However, because of social problems that our country goes through, his freedom was forgotten. His rightsof formal education, basic necessities and healthy living, yet sometimes, these rights cannot be achieved by some children.Their dreams were buried and just leave behind.

One of the most alarmingly and most rampant problems in the Philippines is the Child labor. This problem is caused by many social problems that arise in the country and one of those social problems and said to be the root of child labor is POVERTY. It is the number one enemy of the people and the top cause of the increasing number of Child labor. 5.59 million Child laborers arestriving in the Philippines and most of them are working hazardous labors, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).Hazardous child labor refers to employment in industries and occupations designated as hazardous under the country’s occupational safety and health standards. These 5.59 million was deprived of their rights and privileges to enjoy life and childhood. They have to strive and work hard to eat two to three times a day. In a young age, they must know how to live with poverty. These children don’t have a choice. They have to carry the burden of life.

by: Ady Faye Abunto

Reference:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/218947/philippines-has-3-m-child-laborers-nso-ilo