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PROJECT UPDATES Volume 3 November 2015—January 2016
Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (My-PEC)
55 parents, youths avail livelihood trainings Mon Cetana Development Foundation, an
implementing partner of My-PEC in collab-
oration with the Mon National Education
Committee conducted two livelihood
trainings in Panan Bone Village, Ye Town-
ship on October 20 – December 5, 2015.
Fifty-five beneficiaries, mostly parents of
child labourers and children-at-high-risk of
becoming child labourers have benefited
from these two trainings. Youths also par-
ticipated.
The participants were trained on produc-
tion of soap, shampoo, balm and ginger
tea from fruits and vegetables produced by >>> Continued on page 2
the village. The same participants have at-
tended awareness raising activities on child
labour.
A micro-finance training will also be conduct-
ed to increase the understanding and practice
of good financial management of family in-
come and expenditures among beneficiaries,
encouraging forming of micro-saving groups
where beneficiaries can avail of loans with
low interest when they are in need or for
their own businesses.
This initiative is part of the four-month micro
-pilot implementation in the village started in
Stakeholders identify hazardous work, impacts
for children
After the first workshop on 09 October
2015 that introduced the members of the
TWG-CL to the process of determination of
hazardous work list, they re-convened on 15
-16 December in Nay Pyi Taw to develop
an initial list of hazardous work and identify
the risks involved and the health impacts to
children.
The workshop was facilitated by Selim
Benaissa, Chief Technical Adviser of My-
PEC, with support from Hnin Wuit Yee,
Survey and Research Assistant and Saw Hsar
Ka Baw, Outreach Officer. Forty-five (45)
participants engaged in group works and
plenary discussions.
Groups were assigned different sectors to
focus on and through ‘world café’ method
others were able to add inputs to each sec-
tors.
The outputs of the workshop reflect the
experiences and understanding of the local
context among workers, employers, govern-
ment and the civil society. The workers’
organizations in particular were able to pro-
vide sample cases of hazardous work based
on actual experiences.
The tripartite consultation process is re-
quired by ILO Conventions No. 138 and
182 in the process of developing the hazard-
ous work list which is targeted for comple-
tion of the drafting process by March 2016. Exploited children of the border
Described by a famous travel website as
“a hectic town like border towns all over
Asia” there is a problem in Tachileik that
is very common many people ignore –
child labour.
The town faces Mae Sai across the Thai-
Myanmar border, thus, tourism mostly
courtesy of Thais, is thriving. As with
other border areas, human trafficking is a
big issue. This issue has caught the atten-
tion of different organizations that an
“Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Raising
Workshop” was organized by World Vision,
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and Ministry
of Home Affairs on 12 October 2015.
During the workshop, ILO-My-PEC, through
its Outreach Officer Saw Hsar Ka Baw facili-
tated the session on the Worst Forms of Child
Labour (WFCL). The commercial sexual ex-
ploitation of children (CSEC) was highlighted.
The discussions revealed many young girls
involved in child sex tourism brokered by
other community members. Hotels are also
involved in brokering.
That was the first time for the participants to
hear about child labour and the worst forms
of child labour. There were 141 participants
from World Vision, Ministry of Hotels and
Tourism, Ministry of Home Affairs (Anti-
Human Trafficking Police Task Force), Myan-
mar Women Affairs Federation, Mother and
Child Welfare Association, General Admin-
>>> Continued on page 2
Adult women who are parents or guardians of child beneficiaries of My-PEC micro-pilot in Ye Township,