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Fireworks Factories Warned Against Hiring Children
The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) issued a stern
warning against firecracker factories using children as workers in their
operations, stating that the operators and handlers of these shops will
be dealt with the full force of the law.
IACAT also urged
local government units, down to the barangay level, to adopt measures to
make sure that no children will be exploited as laborers in the
hazardous manufacturing of firecrackers, which poses grave danger from
accidents and also exposes workers to health problems.
Justice
Secretary Leila M. De Lima, Chairperson of IACAT, emphasized the role
of the local government units in monitoring these incidents of child
labor especially in small shed operations that springs up in bunches
when the holiday season approaches.
According to a recent
report of the International Labor Organization (ILO), one hundred sixty
eight million (168M) children aged 5-17 years were involved in child
labor as of 2012. This is about one-tenth of the total child population
in the world. Out of that figure, 85.3 million children (55M for boys
while 30.3M for girls) are subjected to hazardous work.
Hazardous work is defined as any activity or occupation that, by its
nature or type, has or leads to adverse effects on the child's safety,
health and moral development. It is a subcategory of child labor.
"Everyone must understand that the young children subjected to the
manufacturing of these pyrotechnics are not aware of the risks that they
are being exposed to, and their parents who allow or even push them to
work do not know any better," De Lima said.
There have been explosions in fireworks factories as early as April this year, leaving one dead and two injured.
"It is the responsibility of the government, both national and local,
to protect our youth from this danger of being exposed to hazardous
child labor," De Lima added. -
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