AKP Phnom Penh, June 4, 2011 –The International Labor Organization (ILO) on June 3 announced its funding for the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, to identify clear status of the worst forms of child labor in Cambodia so as to inform further step to realize the country’s committment to end completely the worst forms of chld labor by 2016.
The announcement was made in a press conference to celebrate the World Day Against Child Labor co-organized by the Ministry of Information and the ILO under the chairmanship of Information Minister H.E. Khieu Kanharith
Cambodia’s National Plan of Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (NPA-WFCL), according to ILO Country Representative MP Joseph, enhances mechanisms to exclude children from child labor, including awareness raising on the issue among children and employers, improving household economic security, and social networking to advocate against child labor.
“The Royal Government of Cambodia has a strong committment to put an end to child labor. The effort made by concerned ministries in collaboration with their counterparts has brought the rate of the worst forms of child labor to 16.5 percent in 2008. By 2015 the rate is expected to drop to around 8 percent,” said H.E. Khieu Kanharith
“Traditionally, Cambodian children are expected to pay their gratitude to their parents. However, it does not mean the children have to do it at the expense of their study and allow themselves to fall in the trap of child labor. Parents, children and empoyers need to understand this well,” he added.
Article in Khmer by CHIM Nary
Article in English by MOM Chan Dara Soleil
The announcement was made in a press conference to celebrate the World Day Against Child Labor co-organized by the Ministry of Information and the ILO under the chairmanship of Information Minister H.E. Khieu Kanharith
Cambodia’s National Plan of Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (NPA-WFCL), according to ILO Country Representative MP Joseph, enhances mechanisms to exclude children from child labor, including awareness raising on the issue among children and employers, improving household economic security, and social networking to advocate against child labor.
“The Royal Government of Cambodia has a strong committment to put an end to child labor. The effort made by concerned ministries in collaboration with their counterparts has brought the rate of the worst forms of child labor to 16.5 percent in 2008. By 2015 the rate is expected to drop to around 8 percent,” said H.E. Khieu Kanharith
“Traditionally, Cambodian children are expected to pay their gratitude to their parents. However, it does not mean the children have to do it at the expense of their study and allow themselves to fall in the trap of child labor. Parents, children and empoyers need to understand this well,” he added.
Article in Khmer by CHIM Nary
Article in English by MOM Chan Dara Soleil
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