14 May 2010
Richard WelfordCorporate Social Responsibility in Asia
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian children rely on the most dangerous forms of child labour to support themselves, yet the daunting goal of ending domestic child labour by 2016 may be within reach, according to a new plan to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The document underlines the challenges Cambodia faces in stopping an estimated 300,000 children from working in occupations seen as among the most hazardous. But it also suggests Cambodia has made some initial strides. A global ILO report released this week urges countries and NGOs to refocus efforts to reduce child labour. By releasing its road map this week, Cambodia has already taken an initial step, says this report. Nevertheless, the ILO report warns that although child labour has continued to decline worldwide, the pace of this reduction has slowed. Roughly 215 million children remain trapped as child labourers, including 115 million in hazardous occupations.
2 comments:
Those children need to work to help their parents, you could not forbid them to work but you may control the condition of working, only 5 hours per day per example..
I would rather see a laboring child than a couch potato playing a computer game getting fatter by the hour.
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