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The World Day Against Child Labour 2010 theme is “Go for the Goal”. On June 12, many football personalities from around the The fight against child labour in PHL world expressed their support to end child By Jodelen Mitra, ILO-IPEC Programme Officer for Monitoring and Evaluation labour. In the , the National Child Labor Committee had a football clinic for former child labourers. The event is in ny fight is difficult to win, and to of Child Labor (WFCL) that they had set partnership with the Philippine Miracle Awin a war a strong army is needed. for their respective provinces. Team and the Don Bosco Youth Center. The same is true with eliminating child At the central level, the National Child (Photo by M. Rimando/ILO) labour. Labor Committee (NCLC) has built Armed with commitment and fresh capacity to achieve the Philippine Program mandates, representatives of government Against Child Labor (PPACL) goal of a 75 and non-government organizations in per cent reduction in the incidence of the Child labour four provinces met together, crying out Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2015. 2010 facts: that enough was enough; child labour Part of the programme is to improve had to be brought to an end. They saw coordination and collaboration between • Child labour continues to decline, the need to form provincial bodies that the national committee and PCLCs. but only modestly - a three per cent would oversee efforts to eliminate child IPEC, with funding support from the reduction in the four year period labour, a major threat to the future of their US Department of Labor, is implementing covered by the new estimates (2004- children and youth, a major threat to the Phase 2 of a “Time-Bound Programme” 2008). future of their people. Provincial Child on the elimination of WFCL. The Project • The global number of child labourers Labor Committees (PCLC) were formally pursues intervention at the national and stands at 215 million, only seven organized in the provinces of , local levels with direct services for 9,350 million less than in 2004. , Northern and children. These services will withdraw in October 2010. 5,500 children from worst forms of • Most child labourers continue to work Paul Daza issued an Executive labour, and prevent 3,350 ‘at-risk’ children in agriculture (60 per cent). Only one Order to establish the Committee in from joining the workforce. An additional in five working children is in paid Northern Samar, an official provincial 500 working children, aged15-17, will be employment. The overwhelming body. The of the other reached by intervention that protect their majority are unpaid family workers. provinces committed to finalizing similar safety and welfare. • There are still 115 million children in Executive Orders in coming months. These goals are within reach with the hazardous work. The ILO’s International Programme for strengthening of Child Labor Committees, the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), but we cannot be complacent. The war SOURCE: Accelerating action against Child pledged support to enable the PCLCs to continues, the war against child labour, Labour, ILO Global Report. reach goals to eradicate the Worst Forms with ambitious goals to be reached by 2015. In the news

Education subsidy awarded under the MDG F Joint Programme By Ruth Georget, MDG-YEM Joint Programme Coordinator eventy-two disadvantaged high school Santiago Cane who shared his own story of The national secondary school drop Sstudents in public secondary schools overcoming poverty to pursue an education out rate in the Philippines is close to 8 per in recently received education and finish his schooling. cent and is usually attributed to poverty, an subsidies to cover transportation, meals and Drawing from his own experiences, the inability to pay school fees and pressure to miscellaneous expenses. Vice Governor advised students who received contribute to the family income. The education subsidy scheme aims to education subsidy not to use poverty as an The initiative is part of a Joint Programme keep up to 250 youth in secondary school excuse for not completing their studies, and “Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for across Masbate, , Agusan Del Sur appealed to their parents to see education as Filipino Youth” supported by the Spanish- and in school over the next an investment. “Education is an instrument funded MDG Achievement Fund and two school years, who would have otherwise that serves to empower individuals in implemented jointly by International Labour dropped out or not enrolled for “financial breaking the shackles of poverty,” he added. Organization, International Organization for reasons”. Agusan del Sur has one of the highest Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund Present during the award ceremony secondary school drop-out rates in the and United Nations Population Fund with was Agusan del Sur Vice Governor, Caraga Region, estimated at 10 per cent. the Department of Labor and Employment as lead implementing partner.

The 11th National Convention on Statistics By April Carmela Lacson, Programme Assistant What does decent he National Statistical Coordination Board held its 11th National Convention, work mean to you? T“Towards a Philippine Statistical System Responsive to Emerging National and Global Challenges,” in October. The convention brought together practitioners, theoreticians, • “Fairness and equality in the academe, government and the private sector. workplace.” Atty. Cesar Borje, Convention sessions covered topics from Education, Poverty, Gender, Climate Change, Lawyer and Health Statistics to the Millennium Development Goals, Econometric Modeling, • “Job that makes me happy and Analysis and Statistical Approaches. A Session on Statistics on Labour, Employment and the fulfilled; where it may support MDGs was sponsored by ILO CO-, the Policy Integration Department and the Royal the needs of my family and Norwegian Government. help my community as well” - Two papers were presented during the session. Dr Emmanuel Esguerra of the School of Jennet Sanchez, Manager Economics of the University of the Philippines spoke on “What Do Recent Employment Statistics Tell Us,” while ILO Country Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson presented a paper on “The New Employment Indicators of the MDGs”. Illustrator: Gill Button The new MDG indicators on decent and productive work emphasize the role that employment plays in reducing poverty. It also gives policymakers insight into the quality of employment currently being provided, which in some countries like the Philippines, may be the more pressing problem than unemployment.

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World of Work Report 2010: 22-26 November 2010 Training of Trainers on Generate From one crisis to the next? Your Business Idea/Start Your Business for Local Partner The report by the ILO’s International Institute Organizations (Masbate) for Labour Studies says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in 25-26 November 2010 Orientation on Local Economic many countries. The report also warns that Development Tools (Manila) “despite significant gains...new clouds have emerged on the employment horizon and 23 November to San Narciso Community-based the prospects have worsened significantly in to 18 December 2010 Skills Training (Quezon) many countries”.

Decent Work for All is published monthly by the ILO Country Office for the Philippines. The electronic version can be accessed at www.ilo.org/manila. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the ILO.

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