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The government has taken the first step to address the rampant problem of child labour throughout the country by drafting a five-year National Action Plan to eliminate child labour.
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The Western Rangoon District Court holds a hearing in the high-profile case of a family accused of severely abusing two young girls who worked at their tailor shop in downtown Rangoon.
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Thousands of girls from poor families across Burma work as maids for wealthier households, and often face gruelling working hours and abuse.
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Child labour continues to be a serious problem affecting supply chains for goods sourced from Burma and other Asian countries, a new survey finds.
When a boat stacked with gravel moors at a jetty in Rangoon, a child fills a basket he carries to trucks that whisk the load to construction sites.
“The kids are getting older and they won’t be able to return to Burma until their parents make some money. So they just grow older and older.”
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In this first episode of a new investigative documentary series: To the end of the world, DVB delves into the lives of some of the thousands of Burma’s working children.
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DVB sat down with ILO country liaison officer Steve Marshall to discuss how five years of political and economic reforms have touched Burma’s working class.
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Thai authorities are issuing labour ID cards to migrant workers within its fishing industry to combat rampant human trafficking in the trade.
A potentially precedent-setting trial began on Tuesday in Bangkok, as British activist Andy Hall faced the first of four libel charges against him for his research about a Thai company’s alleged abuse of migrant labourers, the majority of whom are Burmese
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A compulsory middle school education for all children in Burma would help to eradicate child labour in the country, several educational experts have said.
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With a roll-out across Burma of mobile phones, Internet packages and other telecommunications devices scheduled for next month, Telenor announced on Thursday that it has discovered cases of underage labour in its supply chain.
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Burma’s parliament has announced it will ratify the International Labour Organization’s Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour on 18 December, exactly one year after signing.
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International Labour Organisation sends out ominous warning with implications for Burma which has never signed the UN child labour convention
