AsiaDHRRA and Community Organizers Multiversity (COM) visited the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the Bangsamoro Youth Commission, and the Bangsamoro Women Commission in Cotabato City, for an initial discussion on eliminating child labor in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Through the Resilience Inclusion Sustainability Empowerment Unity Progress (RISE-UP) Project, the collaborative effort is essential in bringing together key stakeholders to develop effective strategies to unify activities, share knowledge, and create comprehensive targets and plans to eliminate child labor in the region.
The meeting brought together the RISE-UP Project team to present the comprehensive situational analysis report of the current state of child labor in BARMM, the integrated action plan, the capacity-building programs organized, and the policy recommendations. It is expected from the meeting for the team and the commission officials to evaluate the extent, prevalence, and nature of child labor and form a cohesive and collaborative approach to tackling child labor in BARMM in the future.
RISE-UP is an EU-funded initiative in “Harnessing CSO Capacities for ECL Action through multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Agri-Entrepreneurship Project” in partnership with Kaanib Foundation Inc., Community Organizers Multiversity, and PhilDHRRA.
