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Title: Philippines: Advocacy


1
Philippines Advocacy Awareness Raising
Campaign
International Labor Organization
IPEC
International Program on the Elimination of Child
Labor
US Department of Labor
2
Country Map
3
Background
  • Before campaign in 1995
  • Child labor a problem that would not go away
  • Numbers increasing nature of problem becoming
    more severe
  • Apathy indifference ruled

4
Objectives
  • Strategy based on
  • Availability of comprehensive statistics
  • National media campaign
  • Demonstration of action programs
  • Competence of key players

5
Process
  • Action programs
  • Documentaries
  • Print media
  • Social mobilization (local councils)
  • Associations of child workers
  • Training programs

6
Problems achievements
  • Major strength
  • Broad-based strongly committed alliance
  • Persuading government to change position on
    ratification of labor standards
  • Importance of labor inspections reaffirmed
  • New legislation upcoming
  • IPEC working in 18 project sites on direct action
    programs

7
Problems achievements
  • National Child Labor Committee is mainstreaming
    child labor in major development programs

8
Lessons learned
  • Philippine experience shows basic elements for
    effective national program are
  • Focus on priority groups
  • Participation consultation
  • Effective communication
  • Integration complementarity
  • Flexibility
  • Capacity building
  • Networking collaboration

9
Main goals for next 2 years
  • Integrating child labor into national development
    planning programs
  • Expanding community services for working children
    with emphasis on hazardous work

10
IPEC International Program on the Elimination
of Child Labor
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