More than 850 children are now benefiting from the project, but Tim Aye-Hardy said that to truly address the problems causing child labor in Myanmar will be difficult.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Myanmar's government is jeopardizing the future of an entire generation, with children being denied educational opportunities and basic health care, an international labor ...

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"Burma has a poor human rights record, but its record on child soldiers is the worst in the world," said Jo Becker, advocacy director of the Children's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.

Garments from Mauritius and Myanmar are being flagged on its list of goods made with forced labor for the first time. That's not to say sourcing from Vietnam still doesn't come with caveats.

Burma has long been known as a black hole for human rights. But the new leadership of the military junta hopes to shed its pariah image by loosening its oppressive policies.

The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024.

Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In the tormented nation of Myanmar, torn by a civil conflict for more than three years, there is an explosion of the phenomenon of child labor, as observed by observers from ...

The European Union (EU) is currently evaluating the human and labor rights conditions in Burma, with implications for the trade preferences it extends to the country.

MYANMAR. The military ... Reporting this to Radio Free Asia are local workers' rights groups who speak of an increase in child labour in Myanmar in 2024 compared to previous years.

Beginning in 2015, the International Labor Organization urged child laborers in Myanmar to become “young activists” and use their own images and words to create “photo stories” – echoing ...