Children in Indonesia are engaged in some kind of paid work.

Children in Indonesia are engaged in some kind of paid work.

Many children between 10 to 14 work in Indonesia,with safety work not guaranted and low payment. In Malang found child 14(” Narini”) who work in cigarette indurtrial, Narini worked for Rp. 6000 per day for an 7 hours, if she afford 1000 stems cigarette. In anothers place found children who worked for Rp.8000 per week for an 8 hour daily shifts, Beside low paymaent many child labor admit their worked with fearful, even they must get torture when they have a mistake.

Indonesia laws is to weak for contend this problems. Although Indonesia have minimum age law in Indonesia No.1 of 1951, it would set the minimum working age at 14 years, but in fact found child under 14 who must work to contribute to the income their families. Indonesia also have law for protect children from hardness, but in realization child labor get a vicious treatment.

Its caused a shortege from labour inspector in Indonesia, and weakness law for punish act hardness. Government must excute strick supervision to fix this this problem and make some program to proteck the children.

For that, Use child for work is completely wrong, because child have a rightful for study. According to the international labor organization, compulsory up to age 13. The government of Indonesia have planning program to expand universal education from six grade to nine grades, beside this program, now Indonesia have a low to protect children No. 23/2002 , this is a anvil law to protect children from act of despising, hardness, exploitation, and discrimination.

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