Myanmar launches anti-child labour campaign
THOUGH more than 600,000 children are still engaged in work that harms their health, safety and well-being, Myanmar is trying to implement a national-level project to eradicate child labour, Nyunt Win, director-general of the factories and general labour laws inspection department, said.
“Myanmar is undertaking several reforms in multisectoral development and the labour, immigration and population ministry is committed to the eradication of child labour,” he said.
According to the official, the ministry launched a month-long public awareness campaign across the country on June 9 with support from development partners, including the International Labour Organisation, the EU delegation, Unicef and the embassies of Switzerland and Australia.
The campaign aims to start a “no child labour” dialogue at government and community levels. Photo exhibitions detailing the ordeals child labourers undergo are currently on show at Dala Ferry (until June 25), Junction City Mall (until yesterday), and the Yangon Central Railway Station (until June 25).
Khine Kyaw
