Philippines: Advocacy

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Philippines Advocacy Awareness Raising
Campaign
International Labor Organization
IPEC
International Program on the Elimination of Child
Labor
US Department of Labor
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Country Map
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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

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Objectives

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

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Process

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

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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

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Problems achievements

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

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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

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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

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IPEC International Program on the Elimination
of Child Labor