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Specialized Training On Child Labor For The Philippine Labor Inspectorate Module 1: Watching and Listening This first stage has the objective of producing an assessment of the working conditions of children, or in other words, a picture of the situations experienced by working children at a specific point in time. This stage requires two distinct operations: 1. The use of all available sources of information in order to gather knowledge on the activities of children. 2. On-site observation of the working situations of children and listening to all the persons concerned. Time Frame: Seminar/Workshop - five days Practicum - two months Module 2: Evaluating and Understanding This stage involves making an exhaustive assessment of either the national or sectoral situation and reaching a diagnosis which identifies the five or six major hazards or situations which give rise to concern and which could be the object of priority measures. Time Frame: Seminar/Workshop - five days Practicum - two months Module 3: Taking Action and Educating The objective of this stage is to propose solutions to clearly identified problems and integrate them into a coherent overall policy. Action is confined to three priority areas, the intention being to increase effectiveness and maximize learning about measures which were taken. Time Frame: Seminar/Workshop - three days Monitoring over short to medium-term Our Learning Contract Children at Work: Results of the National Survey of Working Children in the Philippines 1995 Scope and Coverage of the National Survey A rider to the July Labor Force Survey which has a stratified two-stage sampling design: 2,100 barangays 25,000 households nationwide 2 forms were used: one on the socio-economic profile of the households another on all working children A Young Nation Children between ages 5-17 number 22.4 million, comprising a third of the total population Of this group, 38.8% consists of children between the ages 5-9; 39.4% are children between the ages 10-14; 21.8% are young persons between the ages 15-17 years old. The working children of the Philippines 3.6 million children, ages 5-17 work. This is 15.9% of the total child population; or put more simply, one out of 6 children work. 217,000 are between the ages of 5-9; 1.6 million between the ages of 10-14; 1.8 million are between the ages 15-17. Profiles of Working Children More boys than girls. 11.7% of all girls work; 20.8% of all boys More rural than urban children 11.5% of all urban children 20.7% of all rural children The regional distribution of child workers Regions 5, 6, and 11 report the highest incidence of working children NCR : 3.3% Region 4 : 12.6% Region 9 : 5.3% CAR : 2.4% Region 5 : 8.2% Region 10 : 6.3% Region 1 : 6.5% Region 6 : 11.9% Region 11 : 10.2% Region 2 : 7.5% Region 7 : 5.7% Region 12 : 5.0% Souirce: ILO-IPEC Philippines. NSO Survey Highlights Souirce: ILO-IPEC Philippines. NSO Survey Highlights Region 3 : 8.2% Region 8 : 6.2% Go to next page.