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The tripartite panel – composed of representatives from government agencies, employers groups, and workers’ organizations – ...
MANILA, Philippines—The fight against child labor has seen global progress in the past years. However, it remains to be a major challenge in many parts of the world as new data showed a rising ...
In a bid to stop child labor in the Philippines, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said: "Under Chapter 3 of the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028, the target for the indicator number of ...
With the help of all sectors, the DOLE will continue to strengthen its convergence efforts for a comprehensive, inclusive, and extensive action to promote a just society towards the vision of the ...
Child labor in the Philippines increased in 2021, with more children engaged in hazardous jobs compared with the previous year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The ...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Ministry of Employment and Labor announced Friday that the pilot program for Filipino domestic caregivers will be extended by a year.
Child labour not only deprives children of the right ... and domestic services. A Filipino boy rummages for scrap metal in Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines. [File: Aaron Favila ...
Filipino youths are pictured in a file photo as they carry placards during the celebration of the Global March Against Child Labor in Manila. (OSV News/Reuters/Romeo Ranoco) We cannot remove ...
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda lauded the gains of the 2003 Anti-Child Labor Law in reducing the number of Filipino children working in unsafe conditions, but acknowledged that poverty ...
On the last day of the election campaign, TRABAHO Partylist honored Filipino mothers and reiterated its commitment to the ...
A new UC Santa Cruz initiative called Saritaan—meaning "to talk story" in Ilokano—is preserving the untold migration stories ...