Child labour

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In Myanmar, the labour force survey suggests that there are over 1 million children involved in child labour and more than half of them risk their lives every day in hazardous working conditions.

2 November 2022

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These millions of children urgently need help. Capacity building and collective and timely responses by all of us have become even more critical. Among series of our effective and strategic actions, ILO launches Myanmar eLearning Programme (https://ecampus.iloyangon.org) on Child Labour to bolster social protection and community action. Watch this video to see how root causes like poverty and lack of access to healthcare contribute to child labour. Let's work together to #EndChildLabour

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