child labor started in the philippines in 2001.
child labor started in the philippines in 2001.
when did child labor start in the philippines?
2001
the concern for the welfare of children being employed to work started in the philippines as early as 1923. the american colonial government of that time enacted the very first set of rules and regulations in the country regarding child-labor through act no. 3071, also known as “an act to regulate the employment of women and children in shops, factories, industrial, agricultural and mercantile establishments, and other place of labor in the philippine islands, to provide penalties for violations hereof and for other purposes.” the enforcement of this law was eventually overseen by the woman and child labor section of the inspection division of the then bureau of labor in 1925. when the philippines declared independence from american rule in 1946, all existing laws enacted under the former regime were replaced by republic acts. act no. 3071 was renamed r.a. 695 thereafter and the implementation was entrusted to the women and minors division of the former bureau of labor standards, in 1957.
child labor in the philippines
the 2014 "list of goods produced by child labor or forced labor" reported 13 goods produced exclusively by child labor in the philippines. these included 8 agricultural goods (namely sugarcane, bananas, coconuts, corn, hogs, rice, rubber, and tobacco). gold mining, pornography and pyrotechnics complete the list.









































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section::::philippine legislation on child labor.:historical evolution of child labor laws in the philippines.
child labor in the philippines