Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2001-2002: Children's Rights

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"...while national laws to protect children may be in place, little is done to enforce them. Exploitative and dangerous forms of child labor have been widely reported, including working on infrastructure development projects, in military support operations, as child soldiers and in the sex industry. The military government continues to prioritize strengthening the military over improving the heath and education systems the civilian population has little or no access to quality health and education services. In a 2000 report the United Sates Department of Labor cited the SPDC?s apparent lack of commitment to primary education and widespread poverty as factors contributing to child labor in Burma. Almost half of all children get no education. According to UNICEF, out of 1.3 million children born in Burma every year, 92,500 die before their first birthday and 1 in 3 children under 5 are malnourished. .."

Source/publisher: 

Human Rights Documentation Unit, NCGUB

Date of Publication: 

2002-09-00

Date of entry: 

2003-06-03

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English

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