Nepal:
Results in 2019:
- SAN educated 23 domestic workers educated on Contribution Based Social Security Regulations of Nepal.
- 1000 plus individuals and 100 plus organisations supported the signature campaign demanding registration of domestic workers at the local level, formulation of domestic workers’ rule and implementation of Social Security Regulation for domestic workers.
- Parliamentary committee came up with road map to formulate and enforce the existing laws and policies for the prohibition of child labor practices at state level & will also be allocating budget for the same.
- 700 Students were sensitized against combating child labor and forced labor reaching out to 17 colleges in the national youth campaign.
- SAN hosted provincial parliament forum on countering trafficking and child labour in Sudur Paschim Province and Province No. 5 Government, which was attended by 65 parliamentarians and local civil society campaigners.
- Due to advocacy by SAN, the National Human Rights Commission and Madhesi Commission agreed to address forced labor in their upcoming plan and programs after the meeting with Forced Labor Elimination Advocacy Group (FLeAG).
- Five Municipalities of Kathmandu and Lalitpur agreed to adopt policies to address and protect domestic workers women, girls and children.
- National Civil Society Symposium on Forced Labor and Child Labour was organised, where commitment was made by Hon. Parbat Gurung, Minister, Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizens regarding formulation of federal and provincial laws and policies for child protection.
Results in 2018:
- Close to 40 Members of Parliament committed to ending child labour, combatting trafficking and ensuring children’s quality education.
- Federal government of Nepal adopted the New Child Rights Act and endorsed the Master Plan on Child Labor which includes Global March’s member, Swatantrata Abhiyan’s (SAN) significant recommendations and contribution.
- 5 Municipals committed to work towards eliminating child labor and child marriage.
- 3 Municipals planned to develop a child protection policy in the upcoming fiscal year of Nepal government.
- 4 state governments planned to develop children profiles including details of child labour and birth registration.
- Governments began committing to allocate budget for children’s issues.
- 3 Parliament Member (Labour) Committee agreed to develop procedures on Domestic work in line with Labour Act 2074 and ratification of ILO 189.
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Bangladesh:
Results in 2019:
- BSAF conducted a 3 day capacity building training of CSOs on child rights with gender perspective . Topics covered in the training included UNCRC, Violence Against Children, Child Labour, child labour situation in Bangladesh, SDGs in relevance with child labour, Voluntary National Review (VNR) or SDGs by Bangladesh, concept of gender, Social Mobilization and Advocacy.
- BSAF took an initiative to form a Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights (PCCR) and organised a kick off meeting for the members of PCCR and took the lead in its reformation process and was able to convince the Hon’ble Deputy Speaker of the Parliament to create a new position in the committee for the Co-chair. A woman Parliamentarian, Ms. Aroma Datta was selected for the same.
- BSAF’s advocacy activities in the form of seminar, roundtable discussions, talk show and press conferences were attended by significant number of Parliament Members and high officials of the relevant ministries like Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE), Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA) and Ministry of Social Welfare (MoSW) and media in the reporting period.
- 7 Districts i.e. Rajshashi, Meherpur, Natore, Patuakhali, Jheneidah, Jessore and Chittagong created Community Based Action plan to protect and promote child rights in their respective constituency.
- A National Consultation on “Ensuring Rights of the Child Domestic Workers (CDWs):Issues and Opportunities” and “National Consultation on Implementation on ILO con.182: Opportunities & Challenges” were organised.
Results in 2018:
- Global March’s member in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF)’s advocacy and awareness raising efforts on the need to ratify ILO Conventions 138 on Minimum Age to Employment & 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers through various Consultations, meetings , IEC materials,etc, resulted in the positive sign shown by State Minister of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque, stating government’s will to ratify these two conventions and the work is in progress towards the same.
- Prime Minister’s office of Bangladesh issued a gazette notification on 16 May 2018 to the Deputy Commissioners and Police Supers of all the districts in Bangladesh to collect the data on hazardous child labour of their respective district.
- The government has also formulated and amended a good number policies and act related to children such as Children Act 2013, Children policy 2011, Education policy 2010, National Child Labour Elimination Policy (NCLEP) 2010, National Plan of Action2012-16 and amended 2017-2021, Child Marriage Act 2017 and Domestic workers protection and welfare policy 2015 and lastly Labour Act amendment 2018).
- Due to continuous media advocacy by BSAF on child labour issues, in the year 2018, print and electronic media widely covered issues of child rights such as child labour, chid marriage, child abuse etc.
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Sri Lanka:
Results in 2019:
- CCH Sri Lanka reached out to 70 actors for information sharing and orientation on child rights issues and ensured their cooperation in the initiatives.
- A Youth Advocacy Group was formed with the participation of over 17 youth at national level with participants from backgrounds of Law, psychology, social work, IT and management. The Group were facilitated to identify the key issues which were connected with the national plan of action for children.
- During the month of International Day of Child Labour, a poster campaign was started by CCH and their advocacy partners to develop awareness about the serious issues of child labour. 2000 posters were printed and over 700 were distributed at 4 locations.
- 300 youth from different part of the country were trained on child rights and life skills in Sri Lanka
- National Advocacy forum was held as a Child Rights Conference with the participation of over 80 actors who are working for children in different sectors.
Results in 2018:
- Global March and its Sri Lankan member, CCH Sri Lanka successfully organised the 2nd Asia Meet of Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights (PWB) in Colombo in August 2018 where 12 MPs from 7 countries of Asia participated and committed to work from children.
- CCH is now working to establish the Sri Lankan chapter of PWB and mobilise political will by strengthening knowledge and commitment of MPs to work for children’s rights and end child labour by 2025.
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Pakistan:
Results in 2019:
- GODH conducted a study on policy and legislation review to address child labour and specifically related to child domestic labour.
- GODH conducted a roundtable Discussion on Gap between Minimum Age for Work and Compulsory Schooling Age
- GODH organised a meeting with Labour Minister for the finalization of SOPs to deal with child domestic labour.
- Training material was also developed to conduct training with Law Enforcement Agencies as child rights curriculum is not part of their professional training.
- GODH had a series of meeting with the Labour Department, Social Welfare, and Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) to make more coordination around child rights especially on child labour. GODH and CPWB have signed an MOU for the mutual coordination for Child Protection.
- GODH held a consultative meeting with Parliamentarians and Labor department on the Child Domestic Labor issues after the Promulgation of “The Punjab Domestic Workers Act 2019”
- GODH also held consultations with civil society, academia, parliamentarian and media to devise the rules of business for the improved implementation of “The Punjab Domestic Workers Act 2019”.
Results in 2018:
- Due to effective advocacy by Global March’s member, Grassroots Organisation for Human Development (GODH) and its partners, child domestic labour in Punjab province got banned under the age of 15 years in Pakistan. GODH was instrumental in development of a draft of a comprehensive legislation to ban Child Domestic Labour, and advocated for addition of child domestic labour in health hazardous occupation list prohibited for children.
- GODH advocated and worked with the civil society network to create a database on child domestic labour in Punjab province of Pakistan due to the high number of child deaths reported in this sector.
- Successfully advocated for a separate National Commission on Child Rights which was passed by the National Assembly, but its constitution is being delayed on behalf of the government.
- Strengthened political will amongst MPs to harmonise the laws on minimum age to employment and free and compulsory age of education in Punjab province.
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Indonesia:
Results in 2018:
- Global March’s member, JARAK held dialogues with Members of Parliament and members of Commission 8(Women, Children, Social Welfare and Religious affair) to ensure the elimination of WFCL and Indonesia Road Map to End Child Labor 2022.
- JARAK recommended regulation of Child Friendly Cities in an effort to eliminate child labour and provide access to education to rescued child labourers.
- 400 persons participated in the Consultation sponsored by Government of Indonesia on Voluntary National Reviews of the SDGs where SDGs 4, 5, 8 and 10 were discussed by multi stakeholders.
- 5 provincial level stakeholder dialogues conducted, with participation from 100 stakeholders to highlight pertinent issues across different provinces, such as child domestic labour, child labour in fisheries and plantations, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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