Labor dept continues to monitor child workers
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- 14 Apr 2023
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THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it continues to monitor profiled child laborers to facilitate the elimination of child labor in the country.
"The Marcos administration remains steadfast in prioritizing the elimination of child labor. Under Chapter 3 of the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028, the target for the indicator 'number of child laborers' is zero," Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said in a statement on Thursday.
Aside from the anti-child labor campaigns, the department, sitting as the National Council Against Child Labor (NCACL) chair, leads the development of the Philippine Program Against Child Labor (PPACL) Strategic Framework covering the period 2023-2028.
The PPACL works to transform the lives of child laborers, their families, and communities toward their sense of self-worth, empowerment and development.
It has also been working toward preventing and progressively eliminating child labor through protection, withdrawal, healing and reintegration of child workers into a caring society. Read More…
