Rappler's latest stories on child labor
Uzbekistan asks global retailers to lift cotton boycott due to pandemic
Uzbekistan's labor ministry says 1.5 million Uzbeks are unemployed as a result of lockdown measures and other factors related to the global coronavirus pandemic
U.S. tech giants sued over cobalt mine child labor deaths
The case is lodged on December 15 in the name of 14 unidentified victims, who are members of the families of children killed in tunnel collapses, as well as children maimed as they worked
Trade union welcomes creation of anti-child labor council
President Rodrigo Duterte signs EO 92, which establishes the National Council Against Child Labor
INFOGRAPHICS: Labor orders in 2017 meant to ease workers’ burden
Women can no longer be required to wear high-heeled shoes, and those in sedentary environment are required to take standing breaks. Here's a list of government directives that might be useful to you.
U.S. cites 'significant advancement' in PH anti-child labor drive
Despite the gains, there are still around 2.1 million Filipino children who are exposed to hazardous labor
152 million children worldwide still engaged in labor – ILO
Half of these child laborers are exposed to hazardous work
INFOGRAPHIC: How childhood is stolen from kids around the world
There are 700 million kids whose childhood ended early says a report by by international child’s rights group Save the Children
U.S. to provide $3.5 million to help PH combat child trafficking
Under the agreement signed by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and US Chargé d Affaires Michael Klecheski NGOs will have their share of the fund
DOLE widens ban on child labor in agriculture
The agriculture sector which employs more than 85 000 children has the highest incidence of child labor in the country
Groups urge to legalize small-scale mining to stop child labor
Out of 350 000 workers in small scale gold mining 18 000 are women and children
Gov't, ILO vow to free 1 million kids from child labor
Their campaign 1MBatangMalaya aims to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate child labor by 2025
On Trinoma-SM footbrige, boy sells flowers and reads his way to school
His brother does the same in another footbridge With their father in jail they sell sampaguitas so they could go to school
6 practices to reduce child labor in sugarcane farms
World Vision shares 6 best practices under its Livelihoods Education Advocacy and Protection to Reduce Child Labor in Sugarcane Areas project which helped 54 479 Filipino child laborers
Pope appeals for end to 'slavery' of child labor
Millions of children are deprived of some of their fundamental rights and find themselves exposed to grave dangers says Pope Francis
Cigarettes you're smoking could've been made by child labor in Indonesia
Children are being put to work on tobacco plantations in Indonesia that supply some of the world s biggest cigarette companies putting their health at serious risk
Rescuers search for survivors of Pakistan factory collapse
Dozens of shift workers – including children workers as young as 12 – may have been sleeping in a part of the building that rescuers had not yet reached
Int'l group slams PH gov't failure to stop child labor in mines
UPDATED While the Philippine benefits from small scale mining in the provinces HRW says the industry must be rid of any and all elements that force children to live adult lives
Children of the mines
An 11 year old boy has to work hard just to earn a hundred pesos while the rest of our congressmen are wasting money on substandard infrastructure projects
Teachers told to help identify child laborers among students
The labor department has a checklist of indicators to determine if a student is at risk or already a victim of child labor
3 child laborers rescued from Cebu construction site
There are around 219 000 identified child laborers in Central Visayas
10 good practices to address child labor in agriculture
A new guide released by the Food and Agriculture Organization aims to help in reducing the number of child workers all over the world
Concert rocks for an end to child labor in the Philippines
There are 2 1 million child laborers in the Philippines We must put a stop to this
Artists to rock against child labor, mark PH Independence Day
The concert organized by the ILO and RockEd Philippines will call for freedom from child labor on June 12
Film, photography: Not just a man’s game
Documentary photographer and filmmaker Nana Buxani shares her work and her passions in a field dominated by men – and the key lessons she learned along the way
Indian police rescue hundreds of child slaves as young as 6
Police discovers 120 children some of them sick underweight and traumatized during the most recent raids on bangle making and other workshops as part of a city wide crackdown on child slavery
Study: At least 1 in 5 PH households tolerates child labor
Worse child labor especially in plantations and mines provides no means by which the children and their families may escape the vicious cycle of generational poverty the study says
Roxas drops, 'Emergency' powers, Pope to shoppers | The wRap
Mar Roxas’ not so winnable as his numbers drop President Aquino gets emergency powers to address the power shortage Pope Francis says boycott products made by modern day slaves
Child labor seen in 13 PH goods – US report
Who picked the cotton for the shirt on your back? Who cut the cane for the sugar in your coffee? Who fired the kiln to make the bricks in your fireplace?
Street-smart math kids now scholars
Three boys show us that personal circumstances are not obstacles to talent and hard work
Pakistan's Malala, India's Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
UPDATED The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize saying that peaceful global development can only come about if children and the young are respected
Samsung suspends supplier over child labor claims
A follow up investigation after the allegations by CLW found evidence of an illegal hiring process that took place on June 29
Samsung to probe child labor charges in China
China Labor Watch CLW says the supplier Shinyang Electronics reportedly hired at least five workers under the age of 16
Bolivia congress allows child labor from age 10
By reducing the legal limit to 10 years old from 14 lawmakers hope to help eradicate extreme poverty from the South American country by 2025
#PugadBaboy: Child Labor Punchline 2
#PugadBaboy: Child Labor
The children who can't enter kindergarten
The Philippines is home to over 2 million working Filipino children aged 5 17 as of 2013 Many of them lack access to proper education and nutrition
Lending a hand to the charcoal children of Tondo
It s hard to imagine that while children in privileged parts of the world are enjoying their youth the children of Ulingan Tondo are literally playing with fire
PH losing trillions of pesos yearly due to malnutrition
The Philippines loses about P2 trillion a year as a result of lost productivity and health care costs caused by malnutrition
#PugadBaboy: Don't cry for me, North Korea punchline 2
On stage mothers and Kim Jong un
#PugadBaboy: Don't cry for me, North Korea punchline 3
On stage mothers and Kim Jong un
The State of the Nation’s Girls: Rising
International Day of the Girl helps raise awareness of girls worldwide who are deprived of education and other basic rights
In Lebanon, refugee Syrian children work to survive
There are no firm figures on the number of Syrian children working in Lebanon but many tell stories of exploitation and abuse
DOLE gives P11-M aid to parents of child laborers
An estimated 3 700 children will be kept away from child labor under this program
Rappler Newscast | June 12, 2013
On Independence Day Aquino urges Filipinos to follow ILO: 10 5m children are servants worldwide Google Facebook Microsoft ask US to allow disclosure
10-M children work as domestic servants: ILO
Vulnerable to physical psychological and sexual violence and abusive working conditions they are often isolated hidden and become highly dependent on employers
Pinoy street kid wins $100,000 peace prize
A 13 year old who lived off a rubbish dump and slept in an open tomb won a prestigious award for his work to improve the rights of his fellow street kids
PH asked to step up fight vs child labor
There are now 5 6 million Filipino working children up from 4 million in 2001
Meet Enrico and Danica, child workers
At least 5 5 million Filipino kids are classified as child workers according to the first national survey since 2001
