This document discusses child labor in the Philippines. It defines child labor as the illegal employment of children under 18 in hazardous work. About 2.06 million children in the Philippines work in fields like agriculture, mining, and factories. Poverty and lack of economic opportunities, failures in education, and cultural factors contribute to child labor. The legal framework around child labor in the Philippines has evolved over time through various acts and conventions to protect child workers. Strategies are still needed to address the ongoing problem of child labor in the country.

1. A look at in the
Philippines

2.  Child labor refers to the illegal employment of
children below 18 years old in hazardous occupations.
 ILO defines child labor as, damage to children’s health,
hamper their education and lead to further
exploitation and abuse.

3.  ILO also defines the worst child labour which includes
using children in armed forces (i.e. in Africa), sexual
exploitation like prostitution and pornography, illegal
activities like trafficking of drugs etc.
 The State, through the Department of Labour and
Employment, defines "child labour" as "the illegal
employment of children below the age of fifteen
(15)…….

4.  The term "child" recently acquired a new meaning
upon the enactment of R.A. 7610 in 1992, otherwise
known as the Child Protection Law.
 The new law, which devotes an entire chapter on
working children, expanded the definition of children
to mean "persons below eighteen (18) years of age or
those over but are unable to fully take care of
themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect,
cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a
physical or mental disability or condition.“c

5.  About 2.06 million children all around the Philippines
are compelled to do labor, such as in crop plantations,
mining caves, rock quarries and factories.
 Every child has the right to the most basic of
necessities in life like a healthy environment, formal
education, and most importantly, a loving family to
come home.

6. THE REASONS WHY
CHILDREN WORK
 Child labour is rooted in poverty and the lack of
economic opportunities
 Children with unemployed parents or whose parents
do not have social security must work to help in their
family's struggle for survival.

7.  Failures in the education system
 Philippine culture especially in rural
areas

8.  Another major factor in the increase
in the number of working children is
the demand for child workers.
 Natural calamity like Tsunami,
cyclone, flood etc. Also drag children
towards child labour.

10. CHILD LABOR

11. Child Labor/Abuse Facts

12. Child Labor Is increasing Around The World

13. Child Labor Is increasing
Around The World
Rank Country Rating
1 Myanmar Extreme
2 North Korea Extreme
3 Somalia Extreme
4 Sudan Extreme
5 DR Congo Extreme
6 Zimbabwe Extreme
7 Afghanistan Extreme
8 Burundi Extreme
9 Pakistan Extreme
10 Ethiopia Extreme

14. CHILD LABOR SITUATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

15. Conditions
Service
Manufacturing
• Agriculture

16. Effects
Economy Knowledge Health
Issues

18. CHILD LABOR SITUATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

19. THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF
CHILD WORKERS
HISTORICAL EVOULITON OF CHILD
LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES

20. ACT NO. 3071
"An Act to Regulate the Employment of
Women and Children in Shops, Factories,
Industrial, Agricultural and Mercantile
Establishments, and Other Place of Labour
in the Philippine Islands, to Provide
Penalties for Violations Hereof and for
Other Purposes"

21. Revised Penal Code
(Art. 273)
"Exploitation of Child Labour"
(Art. 278).
"Exploitation of Minors"
R.A. 679
"An Act to Regulate the Employment of Women
and Children, to Provide Penalties for Violation
Hereof, and for Other Purposes".

22. ILO Convention Nos. 59, 77 & 90
ILO Convention No. 59
ILO Convention No. 77
ILO Convention No. 90

23. P.D. 148
P.D. 442 - Labour Code

24. P.D. 603 - Child and Youth Welfare
Code
U.N. Convention on the Rights of
the Child
R.A. 7610 - The Child Protection Law

25. R.A. 7658
"An Act Prohibiting the Employment of
Children Below 15 Years of Age in
Public and Private Undertakings"

26. STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING THE
CHILD LABOR PROBLEM

27.  "There is one dream that all Filipinos share: that
our children may have a better life than we have
had . . . there is one vision that is distinctly
Filipino: the vision to make this country, our
country, a nation for our children."
 Jose W. Diokno