Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Philippines

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Philippines
2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Moderate Advancement

In 2021, the Philippines made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government launched an online hotline for reporting cases of online sexual exploitation of children and opened its first Cyber-Trafficking in Persons Monitoring Center in response to the substantial increase of online commercial sexual exploitation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government also launched the Child Protect Mobile app, which raises awareness about violence against children, including child labor, and provides information on public and private organizations that provide intervention services. In addition, the government committed $800,000 to implement its anti-trafficking program and increased funding for its Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking by $200,000, which was applied toward surveillance, rescue operations, and victim assistance efforts. Although the government made meaningful efforts during the reporting period, it did not adequately protect children allegedly engaged in drug trafficking from inappropriate incarceration or physical harm during detention. Children in the Philippines are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and in armed conflict. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture and gold mining. Moreover, the enforcement of child labor laws remained challenging throughout the country, especially due to the low number of labor inspectors and the lack of a mechanism to assess civil penalties for child labor violations.

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