The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Sunday urged the government to use the funds allocated for contraceptives to solve the high incidence of child labor in the country.
There are 3 million child laborers toiling in the Philippines and almost all of them are working in hazardous conditions, according to a survey financed by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
With tens of thousands of Filipino maids being sent out to work abroad every year, the Philippines has hailed as “a great victory” for the country the adoption by the International Labor Organization (ILO) of a landmark treaty giving protection to domestic household workers all over the world. The passage of the Domestic Workers Convention [...]
The Philippines has to do some housekeeping before it can ratify the landmark Domestic Workers Convention giving protection to domestic workers the world over. As the main proponent of the treaty at the International Labor Organization (ILO), the government has committed to ratifying the convention to ensure that it enters into force right away. However, [...]
