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Volume V, Number 1, June 2005

Mainstreaming the Issue of Working Children in Drugs

Regional News...

Concerned groups send Child port-workers back to school
DOLE-RO3 conducts raids, planning workshops against child labor
Ilo-Ilo conducted media dialogue
Anti-child labor task force rescue minors

Bar owners oriented on new child labor law

Paralegal training on Child labor laws conducted

TV show triggered rescue of child laborers


 

 

NPACL partners tackle working children in drugs
by Joselito D. Manabat
The issue of working children in drugs is being pushed for mainstreaming into the National Program Against Child Labor.  During a meeting held recently at the ILO Auditorium in Makati City, a network of NPACL partners, called informally as “barkadahan” outlined concrete plans of action...

 

Problem of children in drug production, sale and trafficking tackled in national conference
by Mitchell P. Duran, ILO-IPEC
Representatives from government, non-government organizations, and research institutions gathered at a national conference in Manila in August 2003 to tackle the dangers faced by children involved in the drugs trade...

 

Government programs help drug addicted street children
by Ms. Ma. Belen V. Matibag
Street children do have toys. And these toys do not require them to imagine much. It transports them into a fantastic, make-believe world. But it also warps their thinking, eats up their flesh, and leads them... 

 

Parents, community can reduce number of children in drugs
by Mitchell P. Duran, ILO-IPEC
While children must be recognized as the focus for social change in tackling the problem of children involved in the illegal drugs trade, their parents and community leaders... 

 

NCLC sub groups gear up against child labor
by Teresita D. del Rosario and Joselito D. Manabat

In a bid to address the issue of child labor in the country, the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) approved the creation of five (5) Sub-Groups of its Technical Working Group (TWG) in January 2003.  

 

Asia-Pacific states form network to promote children's rights
by Lyndon Plantilla, PIA

 

Concerned groups push for passage of Domestic Workers' Bill
by Roland Pacis, Visayan Forum and Chris Cruz, ILS
 

 

ABK Initiative uses education against child labor

 

UNICEF encourages child-friendly print media
by Lyndon Plantilla, PIA

 

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