Nowadays, child labouring issues have become unrestored wound in our country. We cannot allow the condition where children are forced to work in poor condition, but there is only few unfavourable options of solution left to overcome this condition, to let it remains still or prohibit it at all by laws. In some modern wealthy countries, the children foundation groups routine holding campaigns against underage child labour practices. Also, their governments have their laws to prevent and punish any breaches in order to avoid this newkind of slavery practices. However, Indonesia cannot follow those actions yet. I believe we need somekind of new solution to fight this condition. (Good)
Some people might say that child labouring is the opportunity to gain working experience, but the truth is child labouring practices in Indonesia is more equating to exploitation than experience. Most of child labours usually forced to work more than 35-60 hours a week with inadequate payment. It also brings some mental wounds and traumas to them; as we knowthat child is a very vulnerable object who could easily break by violances and coercions. The bad news is that facts verify that harshness practices in child labouring by their employer or supervisor is usual in order to maximize their working effectivity. Rinaldi Ahmad Sofian, an executive director of Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA), with his research verifies a more scary facts in his book "Kekerasan Seksual Terhadap Anak Jermal". His research says that many child labours in North Sumateran's East Bay have through sexual harashment by the senior workers and this condition brings deep trauma for the children. Moreover, the employer never considerate their child labours’ health and safety while working. There is no life insurance for them. "Jermal Kaji Ulang", a book which was published at 2004, says that every children work or could be said as exploited at North Sumatera's East Bay faced the risk of losing life from every storm and squall's danger, which happens regularly, without any life insurances. They’re not even given education subvention as the laws determine. ILO PBB's research proves that Indonesia is one of the countries which have great number of child right's violance and most of them happens in works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views).
No matter how poor the condition of child labouring practices in Indonesia, we could never have a legal prhibition law to avoid this condition. Prohibiting child labouring with legal law is still a luxury which this country cannot afford just yet. As we know that most of people in Indonesia still living in poverty. In this trim, many families forced to send their children working as the breadwinner. They cannot afford to feed unproductive child. Even if the government still compel to legalize a law forbiding child employment in Indonesia, some people argues that it will only make the condition worse; for many children will be relegated to work in more dangerous black market occupations such as prostitution and trafficking of drugs. If these worries realized, it only bring more disaster toward our country's morale. A research of child labours by a coloumnist of an independent child comittee verifies that trafficking phenomenons, which already high, will increase as prohibition laws being legalized since numbers of child labours will lost their current occupations and relegated to prostitution or trafficking works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views). Also, some youth right organizations feel that prohibiting work for children violates human’s rights.
However, there are alternate solutions over these problems still. If it is insuperable by creating prohibition laws, the government could support it with laws. It means that government will guarantee the child's needs and work's insurances with new laws instead of prohibiting them from working. There are going to be at least four important issues which need to be considered for these new laws. First, these laws must be able to overcome exploitation of child labour such as inadequate payment and indesireable working condition. Also, there must be a state to adjust maximum working hour for children so that the education won’t be abandoned. Second issue is that these laws must be able to force the employer to provide their child labour with both short-time income and long-term prospect. Third, these laws are still going to adjust the minimum age of child employments. The reason is that underage child is more vulnerable to violance and exploitation practices happen because of this vulnerability.The last issue is about the penalty given for the brokers. It is suggested that anykind of child labouring’s laws breaches must be categorized and treated as International Child’s Rights Laws' breaking, and addressing 'The Worst Forms of Child Labouring' Law, they will be punished with proper penalty. However, laws without adequate enforcement are still incomplete. The facts prove that the feeble laws’ enforcements are the cause of many apertures for child labour exploitations. So, there should also revision for the enforcement in order to support the new laws. The most important thing need to be refined is the inspection as it is the laws’ main power to fight the exploitations. There should be more impromtu inspection to overcome condusive laws breaking condition; where naughty employers order their underage labour when inspection is about to be held. Also, to avoid age falsing condition, surveilance over labours’ age must be strictened and increased.
Last, we can conclude that child labouring practices in Indonesia still cannot be erased yet, but it can be reconditioned into a better form.
Some people might say that child labouring is the opportunity to gain working experience, but the truth is child labouring practices in Indonesia is more equating to exploitation than experience. Most of child labours usually forced to work more than 35-60 hours a week with inadequate payment. It also brings some mental wounds and traumas to them; as we knowthat child is a very vulnerable object who could easily break by violances and coercions. The bad news is that facts verify that harshness practices in child labouring by their employer or supervisor is usual in order to maximize their working effectivity. Rinaldi Ahmad Sofian, an executive director of Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA), with his research verifies a more scary facts in his book "Kekerasan Seksual Terhadap Anak Jermal". His research says that many child labours in North Sumateran's East Bay have through sexual harashment by the senior workers and this condition brings deep trauma for the children. Moreover, the employer never considerate their child labours’ health and safety while working. There is no life insurance for them. "Jermal Kaji Ulang", a book which was published at 2004, says that every children work or could be said as exploited at North Sumatera's East Bay faced the risk of losing life from every storm and squall's danger, which happens regularly, without any life insurances. They’re not even given education subvention as the laws determine. ILO PBB's research proves that Indonesia is one of the countries which have great number of child right's violance and most of them happens in works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views).
No matter how poor the condition of child labouring practices in Indonesia, we could never have a legal prhibition law to avoid this condition. Prohibiting child labouring with legal law is still a luxury which this country cannot afford just yet. As we know that most of people in Indonesia still living in poverty. In this trim, many families forced to send their children working as the breadwinner. They cannot afford to feed unproductive child. Even if the government still compel to legalize a law forbiding child employment in Indonesia, some people argues that it will only make the condition worse; for many children will be relegated to work in more dangerous black market occupations such as prostitution and trafficking of drugs. If these worries realized, it only bring more disaster toward our country's morale. A research of child labours by a coloumnist of an independent child comittee verifies that trafficking phenomenons, which already high, will increase as prohibition laws being legalized since numbers of child labours will lost their current occupations and relegated to prostitution or trafficking works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views). Also, some youth right organizations feel that prohibiting work for children violates human’s rights.
However, there are alternate solutions over these problems still. If it is insuperable by creating prohibition laws, the government could support it with laws. It means that government will guarantee the child's needs and work's insurances with new laws instead of prohibiting them from working. There are going to be at least four important issues which need to be considered for these new laws. First, these laws must be able to overcome exploitation of child labour such as inadequate payment and indesireable working condition. Also, there must be a state to adjust maximum working hour for children so that the education won’t be abandoned. Second issue is that these laws must be able to force the employer to provide their child labour with both short-time income and long-term prospect. Third, these laws are still going to adjust the minimum age of child employments. The reason is that underage child is more vulnerable to violance and exploitation practices happen because of this vulnerability.The last issue is about the penalty given for the brokers. It is suggested that anykind of child labouring’s laws breaches must be categorized and treated as International Child’s Rights Laws' breaking, and addressing 'The Worst Forms of Child Labouring' Law, they will be punished with proper penalty. However, laws without adequate enforcement are still incomplete. The facts prove that the feeble laws’ enforcements are the cause of many apertures for child labour exploitations. So, there should also revision for the enforcement in order to support the new laws. The most important thing need to be refined is the inspection as it is the laws’ main power to fight the exploitations. There should be more impromtu inspection to overcome condusive laws breaking condition; where naughty employers order their underage labour when inspection is about to be held. Also, to avoid age falsing condition, surveilance over labours’ age must be strictened and increased.
Last, we can conclude that child labouring practices in Indonesia still cannot be erased yet, but it can be reconditioned into a better form.
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