Data on child labour to be collected as part of efforts for child labour
Data on child labour to be collected as part of efforts for child labour
The New Light of Myanmar, 02 Jul 2014
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Yangon, 1 July—UNICEF and the government are planning to collect the data on child labour when they conduct a survey of Myanmar’s workforce as part of a four-year plan for elimination of child laborious the country, an official of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security said.
The four-year plan which started on 1st January and will end on 30th January 2017 includes five steps, focusing on raising awareness of child labour,
promoting efficiency of governmental personnel and stakeholders who will participate in the drive for elimination of child labour and reviewing local laws as to whether they are in conformity with the standard of international laws As a sample survey,data on more than 3,600 children from 1,000 families will be collected, according the ministry.
UNICEF also collected data on 198 child labourers from 18 factories, 10 tea shops, two restaurants and one car mechanic workshop in 13 townships from 9 April to 20 June, an official of the ministry said.
The data include work hours, protection, safety,working environment, psychological condition and education of child labourers. The ministry is planning to conduct workshops on promoting knowledge on child labour in seven townships from 7 July and will invite 50 employers and managers
from each township to participate in the workshops.
The Child Labour Law allows children aged 13 to 16 to work four hours per day. Forty-two child labourers from a factory in Hlinethaya Industry Zone were given compensation and stopped for working in 2012, according to the ministry.
The four-year plan which started on 1st January and will end on 30th January 2017 includes five steps, focusing on raising awareness of child labour,
promoting efficiency of governmental personnel and stakeholders who will participate in the drive for elimination of child labour and reviewing local laws as to whether they are in conformity with the standard of international laws As a sample survey,data on more than 3,600 children from 1,000 families will be collected, according the ministry.
UNICEF also collected data on 198 child labourers from 18 factories, 10 tea shops, two restaurants and one car mechanic workshop in 13 townships from 9 April to 20 June, an official of the ministry said.
The data include work hours, protection, safety,working environment, psychological condition and education of child labourers. The ministry is planning to conduct workshops on promoting knowledge on child labour in seven townships from 7 July and will invite 50 employers and managers
from each township to participate in the workshops.
The Child Labour Law allows children aged 13 to 16 to work four hours per day. Forty-two child labourers from a factory in Hlinethaya Industry Zone were given compensation and stopped for working in 2012, according to the ministry.