USDOL – US Department of Labor (Author): “2019 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Indonesia”, Document #2040567

In 2019, Indonesia made a moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government published the Indonesian Children Profile report, which provides the most recent government source of publicly available child labor data. The government also substantially increased its labor inspectorate funding from $10.2 million in 2018 to $16.7 million in 2019, with specific funds allocated to enforcing child labor regulations. In addition, the Indonesian National Police investigated cases of child trafficking involving 28 child victims. However, children in Indonesia engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in plantation agriculture, including in palm oil and tobacco production. The Ministry of Manpower continued to lack the financial resources and personnel necessary to fully enforce child labor laws throughout the country. In addition, the government did not publish criminal enforcement information on the number of investigations conducted, violations found, prosecutions initiated, and convictions for crimes relating to the worst forms of child labor.

I. Prevalence and Sectoral Distribution of Child Labor

Children in Indonesia engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in plantation agriculture, including in palm oil and tobacco production. (1-9) Table 1 provides key indicators on children's work and education in Indonesia. Although the government has not historically published data on child labor, during the reporting year, the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection published the 2019 Indonesian Children Profile report with data on child laborers between ages 10 and 17. (10) However, data are still missing for child laborers ages 5 through 10.

**Table 1. Statistics on Children’s Work and Education**
Children	Age	Percent
Working (% and population)	10 to 14	3.7 (816,363)
Working children by sector	10 to 14
Agriculture		61.6
Industry		12.0
Services		26.5
Attending School (%)	10 to 14	92.4
Combining Work and School (%)	10 to 14	2.1
Primary Completion Rate (%)		102.3

Source for primary completion rate: Data from 2018, published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2020. (11)
Source for all other data: International Labor Organization's analysis of statistics from National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), 2010. (12)

Based on a review of available information, Table 2 provides an overview of children's work by sector and activity.

**Table 2. Overview of Children's Work by Sector and Activity**
Sector/Industry	Activity
Agriculture	Production and harvesting of palm oil, including growing, fertilizing,† cutting, spraying, collecting, and loading palm oil fruits (4,13,14)
	Planting, watering, harvesting, and applying fertilizer† to tobacco (2,3,10)
	Production of rubber,† including tapping trees and using acid† to thicken latex (2,5,10,15)
	Fishing, including on fishing vessels, in processing facilities, and on offshore platforms† (2,10,16-19)
Industry	Mining,† including gold, tin, and sand (2,10,15,18)
	Construction,† activities unknown (2,10,18,19)
	Production of footwear, including sandals (2,15)
	Production of bricks, tile, furniture, and textiles (20)
	Manufacturing pyrotechnics† (2,21,22)
Services	Street work, activities unknown (23)
	Garbage scavenging† (6,25)
	Horse jockeying (10,26-28)
	Domestic work (2,10)
Categorical Worst Forms of Child Labor‡	Use in illicit activities, including forced begging and the sale, production, and trafficking of drugs, each sometimes as a result of human trafficking (2,29-31)
	Forced domestic work and fishing, sometimes as a result of human trafficking (2,10,17,19,31,32)
	Commercial sexual exploitation, including use in the production of pornography, sometimes as a result of human trafficking (2,10,19,31-33)

† Determined by national law or regulation as hazardous and, as such, relevant to Article 3(d) of ILO C. 182.
‡ Child labor understood as the worst forms of child labor per se under Article 3(a)–(c) of ILO C. 182.

Children, mostly girls, are subjected to forced domestic work and commercial sexual exploitation abroad, primarily in Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Middle East; within the country, children are also subjected to forced domestic work and commercial sexual exploitation, particularly in Batam, Jakarta, Bali, Bandung, Bogor, Surabaya, and Medan. (2,7,10,32,34) Children also work as horse jockeys and face a number of health and safety hazards, including risk of bone injuries and fatal falls. In addition to safety concerns, participation in horse racing may impact school attendance. (26-28)

Children working in tobacco farming—especially in the provinces of East Java, Central Java, and West Nusa Tenggara—are exposed to pesticides, work long hours, and work in extreme heat. (2,3,8,10,35,36) Children working on agricultural plantations, including palm oil, coffee, and rubber plantations, collect fallen palm fruitlets and plants, and spray toxic herbicides. (2,4,9,37,38) Children are often recruited by family members to help adult palm oil laborers meet harvest quotas, which sometimes results in children working long hours into the night or dropping out of school. (14,39,40)

Although the Act on National Education System mandates free education, research indicates that schools impose additional fees on students to cover school activities and educational items. These added expenses may hinder students' ability to attend school. (2) Refugee children, as well as Indonesian children without proper birth documentation, face a barrier to accessing education because the government requires children to possess a government-sponsored student identification number to sit for exams and obtain a school completion certificate. During the reporting period, the government continued to implement an online application system to process birth certificates for its citizens inside and outside Indonesia. (10,13,41) The online application system helps Indonesian children obtain birth documentation more quickly so they can attend school. Also in 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education and Culture established a total of 313 Community Learning Centers near the Indonesia-Malaysia border state of Sarawak, and in Sabah, Malaysia, to increase access to education for children of palm oil migrant laborers. (10,19) The government deployed teachers and community members to provide approximately 12,470 elementary students, 3,800 secondary school students, and 1,660 high school students with non-formal education equivalent to the regular elementary, secondary, and high school levels. (42)

II. Legal Framework for Child Labor

Indonesia has ratified all key international conventions concerning child labor (Table 3).

**Table 3. Ratification of International Conventions on Child Labor**
Convention	Ratification
ILO C. 138, Minimum Age	✓
ILO C. 182, Worst Forms of Child Labor	✓
UN CRC	✓
UN CRC Optional Protocol on Armed Conflict	✓
UN CRC Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography	✓
Palermo Protocol on Trafficking in Persons	✓

The government has established laws and regulations related to child labor (Table 4). However, gaps exist in Indonesia's legal framework to adequately protect children from the worst forms of child labor, including insufficient prohibitions against child trafficking.

**Table 4. Laws and Regulations on Child Labor**
Standard	Meets International Standards	Age	Legislation
Minimum Age for Work	Yes	15	Article 69 of the Manpower Act; Law on the Ratification of ILO C. 138 (43,44)
Minimum Age for Hazardous Work	Yes	18	Article 74 of the Manpower Act; Article 2 of Ministerial Decree No. 235 (44,45)
Identification of Hazardous Occupations or Activities Prohibited for Children	Yes		Annex F of Ministerial Decree No. 235: Jobs that Jeopardize the Health, Safety, or Morals of Children (45)
Prohibition of Forced Labor	Yes		Article 74 of the Manpower Act; Articles 1–6 and 17 of the Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons; Article 83 of the Law on Child Protection (44,46,47)
Prohibition of Child Trafficking	No		Article 83 of the Law on Child Protection; Articles 1–6 and 17 of the Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons (46,47)
Prohibition of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children	Yes		Article 74 of the Manpower Act; Articles 81–82 of the Law on Child Protection; Article 297 of the Penal Code; Section 3 of the Law on the Ratification of the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography; Articles 4–12 and 37 of Law on Anti-Pornography (48,44,47-50)
Prohibition of Using Children in Illicit Activities	Yes		Article 74 of the Manpower Act; Articles 67, 78, and 89 of the Law on Child Protection (44,47)
Minimum Age for Voluntary State Military Recruitment	Yes		Article 28 of Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces(51)
Prohibition of Compulsory Recruitment of Children by (State) Military	Yes		Article 28 of Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces (51)
Prohibition of Military Recruitment by Non-state Armed Groups	Yes		Article 3(d) of Law No. 9/2012 on Ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (52)
Compulsory Education Age	Yes	15	Article 48 of the Law on Child Protection; Articles 6 and 34 of the Act on the National Education System (47,53)
Free Public Education	Yes		Article 34 of the Act on the National Education System (53)

The legislature has yet to pass the draft Domestic Workers Protection Law. This bill outlines the circumstances under which children ages 15 through 17 can perform non-hazardous domestic work, including requiring parental permission to execute the employment contract and prohibiting work at night. (20,31,42,54-57) Indonesia's prohibitions against child trafficking are inconsistent with international law because the Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons requires a demonstration of threats, the use of force, or coercion to be established for the crime of child trafficking. (32,46,47) However, it is reported that judicial officials at the national and provincial level continued to assert that the law implicitly established that force, fraud, or coercion were not required to constitute child sex trafficking and that this therefore was not a barrier in successfully prosecuting and obtaining convictions in child sex trafficking cases. (58) In addition, the types of hazardous work prohibited for children do not cover horse jockeying, a type of work in which there is evidence that Indonesian children are exposed to physical dangers. (45)

III. Enforcement of Laws on Child Labor

The government has established institutional mechanisms for the enforcement of laws and regulations on child labor (Table 5). However, gaps exist within the operations of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) that may hinder adequate enforcement of their child labor laws.

**Table 5. Agencies Responsible for Child Labor Law Enforcement**
Organization/Agency	Role
Ministry of Manpower, Directorate General of Labor Development and Supervision and Directorate of Norms Supervision of Women and Child Workers	Provides information to employers on child labor laws and regulations, and works with law enforcement officials to prosecute child labor violators. (59) Refers children found during inspections to the local Women's Empowerment and Family Planning Body or to the Integrated Service Center for Empowering Women and Children for appropriate social services. In the case of the Directorate of Norms Supervision of Women and Child Workers, receives complaints of child labor by telephone, fax, or e-mail. (13)
National Police, including Women and Children's Service Unit	Conducts inspections and raids, and makes arrests in response to crimes, including those related to the worst forms of child labor. (10)
Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (MoWECP)	Coordinates the provision of social services to children, including those involved in child labor. In cooperation with the Ministry of Communications, operates a Children's Helpline in 20 provinces to receive complaints regarding child protection. (13,42)

Labor Law Enforcement

In 2019, labor law enforcement agencies in Indonesia took actions to combat child labor (Table 6). However, gaps exist within the operations of MOM that may hinder adequate labor law enforcement, including an insufficient number of labor inspectors.

**Table 6. Labor Law Enforcement Efforts Related to Child Labor**
Overview of Labor Law Enforcement	2018	2019
Labor Inspectorate Funding	$10,200,000 (13)	$16,700,000 (10)
Number of Labor Inspectors	1,619 (13)	1,574 (10)
Inspectorate Authorized to Assess Penalties	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Initial Training for New Labor Inspectors	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Training on New Laws Related to Child Labor	N/A (13)	N/A (10)
Refresher Courses Provided	No (13)	Yes (10)
Number of Labor Inspections Conducted	19,792† (13)	16,857‡ (10)
Number Conducted at Worksite	19,792† (13)	16,857‡ (10)
Number of Child Labor Violations Found	0 (13)	1 (10)
Number of Child Labor Violations for Which Penalties Were Imposed	0 (13)	0 (10)
Number of Child Labor Penalties Imposed that Were Collected	0 (13)	0 (10)
Routine Inspections Conducted	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Routine Inspections Targeted	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Unannounced Inspections Permitted	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Unannounced Inspections Conducted	No (13)	Yes (10)
Complaint Mechanism Exists	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Reciprocal Referral Mechanism Exists Between Labor Authorities and Social Services	Yes (13)	Yes (10)

† Data are from January 2018 to September 2018.
‡ Data are from January 2019 to September 2019.

Despite increasing its labor inspectorate funding in 2019, the government noted that there are still insufficient funds to cover office infrastructure, transportation, and fuel for vehicles, which hampered labor inspectors' ability to carry out inspections. (10) Inspectors have the authority to conduct unannounced inspections in the formal sector; however, they lack authority to inspect private farms and homes, in which child labor often occurs. (3,13) Despite this prohibition, the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection responds to reports of child labor in the informal sector. (15)

MOM officials disclosed that there are insufficient inspectors to cover the entire country, and MOM continued to employ and rely on community-based monitors and neighborhood chiefs to report incidences of children engaged in domestic work. (13) In 2019, MOM employed 1,574 labor inspectors, down from 1,619 labor inspectors in 2018. According to MOM, the number of labor inspectors decreased due to the shift in authority from regencies/cities to provinces, and some inspectors were unwilling to relocate and resigned. (10) The number of labor inspectors is likely insufficient for the size of Indonesia's workforce, which includes approximately 126 million workers. According to the ILO's technical advice of a ratio approaching 1 inspector for every 15,000 workers in less developed economies, Indonesia would employ about 8,407 labor inspectors. (13,60,61) MOM trained 120 new labor inspectors and investigators on child labor, hazardous child labor, and worst forms of child labor law enforcement, and provided refresher training to 120 currently employed labor inspectors. Despite institutionalized refresher training provided during the reporting period, government officials noted that the amount of refresher training was insufficient, given the total number of labor inspectors. (10,42)

During the reporting period, MOM found one case that involved a child labor violation. As of early 2020, the case is undergoing a court process. (10) ILO and MOM officials suspect that additional child labor violations occur, but the government's inability to conduct inspections in the informal sector and an insufficient number of inspectors prevent identification of all child labor violations. (10)

Criminal Law Enforcement

In 2019, criminal law enforcement agencies in Indonesia took actions to combat child labor (Table 7). However, gaps exist within the operations of the criminal enforcement agencies that may hinder adequate criminal law enforcement, including insufficient training for criminal investigators.

**Table 7. Criminal Law Enforcement Efforts Related to Child Labor**
Overview of Criminal Law Enforcement	2018	2019
Initial Training for New Criminal Investigators	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Training on New Laws Related to the Worst Forms of Child Labor	Yes (13)	Yes (10)
Refresher Courses Provided	Yes (13)	Yes (58)
Number of Investigations	Unknown (13)	Unknown (10)
Number of Violations Found	Unknown (13)	Unknown (10)
Number of Prosecutions Initiated	Unknown (13)	Unknown (10)
Number of Convictions	Unknown (13)	Unknown (10)
Imposed Penalties for Violations Related to The Worst Forms of Child Labor	Unknown (38)	Unknown (10)
Reciprocal Referral Mechanism Exists Between Criminal Authorities and Social Services	Yes (13)	Yes (10)

In 2019, the Indonesian National Police investigated 28 child trafficking cases and recorded 530 cases of pornography and cybercrime involving children. However, government data on criminal law enforcement efforts specific to child labor, including the number of investigations, violations found, prosecutions initiated, and convictions, are not available. The government has a system to aggregate this information, but it has encountered challenges in classifying child labor cases, including developing case tags to accurately represent and aggregate comprehensive child labor data. (10,13,38) Although criminal law enforcement personnel received training on human trafficking laws that covered children, research found training on current child labor-specific regulations to be insufficient. (10)

IV. Coordination of Government Efforts on Child Labor

The government has established mechanisms to coordinate its efforts to address child labor (Table 8). However, gaps exist that hinder the effective coordination of efforts to address child labor, including funding for child labor committees.

**Table 8. Key Mechanisms to Coordinate Government Efforts on Child Labor**
Coordinating Body	Role & Description
Provincial-Level and District-Level Regional Action Committees	Coordinate and monitor policy and program efforts and develop action plans to eliminate the worst forms of child labor at the local level. (62) Indonesia has provincial-level task forces in 32 provinces and 194 district-level committees. In 2019, these action committees were active and continued developing, coordinating, and monitoring action plans at the local level. (10)
National Task Force to Combat Trafficking in Persons	Coordinates anti-trafficking efforts across 21 ministries and government agencies, including efforts to combat child trafficking. (61) Chaired by the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture, with task force meetings organized by MoWECP. (10,60) Provides vocational training and scholarships to school-aged children to reduce susceptibility to human trafficking. (63) In 2019, MoWECP expanded the Community Watch groups, a collaboration among local governments, NGOs, community figures, and village stakeholders, with 502 villages in 31 provinces to combat human trafficking at the local level. (10) In addition, the National Task Force required anti-trafficking initiatives be a significant element of the 2019 National Development Plan requiring local governments to prioritize protections for women and children victims of violence, including victims of child trafficking and child labor. (58)
Provincial and District Task Forces for the Prevention and Handling of Human Trafficking	Coordinate prevention and anti-trafficking efforts at the local level. (63) Commonly chaired by the local Integrated Service Center for Women and Children or the local Office of Social Affairs. Operate in 32 provinces and 191 out of 438 districts. (32,34)
Sub-Task Force on the Prevention of Child Participation in Trafficking in Persons	Organizes regular coordination meetings, provides technical trainings on human trafficking for government officials, and produces publications on the prevention of trafficking in persons. (13) Chaired by the Ministry of Education and Culture. (10,61) In 2019, 150 education officials for junior and senior high schools, as well as vocational schools, attended a workshop on preventing trafficking in persons in the Malaka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. (10)
Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI)	Monitors the implementation of the Child Protection Law and child protection policies and provides recommendations on the child protection framework to the President of Indonesia. (47,64) From January to November 2019, KPAI reported 198 cases of child sexual exploitation: 40 cases of human trafficking, 48 cases of child labor, 53 cases of commercial sexual exploitation, and 57 cases of child prostitution. KPAI also recorded 530 cases of pornography and cybercrime involving children in 2019. (10,19)

The National Task Force to Combat Trafficking in Persons previously noted that some Provincial and District Task Forces lack sufficient funding and fail to incorporate its recommendations into their plans of action to adequately guide efforts to eliminate the trafficking of women and children. (20,58,65)

V. Government Policies on Child Labor

The government has established policies that are consistent with relevant international standards on child labor (Table 9).

**Table 9. Key Policies Related to Child Labor**
Policy	Description
National Plan of Action (NPA) for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (2002–2022)	Provides a policy framework for the elimination of child labor. Specific activities include improving data collection on the worst forms of child labor, increasing awareness-raising and advocacy efforts, and formulating regulations and policies to prohibit the worst forms of child labor. (66,67) In 2019, the government disseminated "Norms for the NPA" to businesses, agencies, NGOs, and village authorities in three regions: Central Kalimantan, Riau Island, and West Sumatra. (10)
National Action Plan on Preventing Trafficking in Persons (2015–2019)	Guided the work of the National Task Force to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Aimed to improve health and social rehabilitation services, as well as repatriation and social reintegration services, for human trafficking victims; update anti-human trafficking regulations; and strengthen the investigation of human trafficking cases and the prosecution of perpetrators. (68) Enhanced coordination among task force members and between national and international stakeholders. (68) The Task Force, led by the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture, is currently working on the 2020–2024 National Action Plan. (42)
Roadmap Toward a Child Labor-Free Indonesia in 2022 (2014–2022)	Supports implementation of the NPA for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Aims to mainstream the elimination of the worst forms of child labor into relevant national policies; strengthen coordination between stakeholders at the national, provincial, and district levels; and enhance the capacity of stakeholders to eradicate child labor. (61,69) In 2019, the government assisted 41 companies in implementing norms for the elimination of child labor, encouraged businesses to eliminate child labor by using Corporate Social Responsibility funds, and encouraged local governments to allocate a portion of their budget toward eliminating child labor. (10)

‡ The government had other policies that may have addressed child labor issues or had an impact on child labor. (10)

VI. Social Programs to Address Child Labor

In 2019, the government funded and participated in programs that include the goal of eliminating or preventing child labor (Table 10). However, gaps exist in these social programs, including education-related fees for children in school.

**Table 10. Key Social Programs to Address Child Labor**
Program	Description
USDOL-Funded Projects	USDOL projects aim to build government capacity to address child labor by improving occupational safety and health for young workers, strengthening legal protections and social services delivery for child domestic workers, and improving child labor and forced labor data collection and research methodology. Include Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: Safe and Healthy Youth (2014–2019), an $11.5 million project implemented by ILO with Indonesia as one of the countries. (70) Additional information is available on the USDOL website.
Child Trafficking Services†	Ministry of Social Affairs and other government agency programs that provide social rehabilitation and shelter services for child victims of trafficking. (71) In 2019, the government allocated $4,338,235 to the Directorate of Indonesian Nationals and Indonesian Legal Entities Protection in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement programs related to trafficking in persons, including maintenance on shelters. (42)
Cash Transfer Programs†	Provide conditional cash transfers to help with formal and informal education opportunities and health expenses for vulnerable groups, including street children, abandoned children and infants, children facing criminal charges, children with disabilities, the poorest families, and child laborers who dropped out of school. Includes Smart Indonesia Program (KIP), a card that provides educational grants to all school-aged children whose families have a Family Welfare card or meet eligibility criteria covering both formal and informal education; Child Social Welfare Program (Program Kesejahteraan Sosial Anak), which provides conditional cash transfers to children; and Family Welfare Card (Kartu Keluarga Sejahtera), which provides a bank account and consolidates all financial assistance programs, including children's education and health funds, for low-income families. (10,13) In 2019, the government provided KIP cards to 20.1 million students from poor families, allocated $497,000 to 5,000 street and abandoned children under age 18 through cash transfers, and extended the previous Cash Transfers for Poor Students program by replacing it with KIP and extending coverage to 20.3 million children and including coverage for children in both the formal and informal education systems. (10)
Education Programs†	Block Grants for Schools (Bantuan Operasional Sekolah) grant program compensates schools for the loss of income from waiving school fees for poor and vulnerable children in primary, junior secondary, and senior high schools. (13,40) Minimum Service Standards of Basic Education Program improves access to quality public education by limiting the distance of primary and junior secondary schools from children's households, specifying minimum teacher-student ratios, and identifying minimum teacher education qualifications. (72,73) Community Learning Centers provide education for children of palm oil workers. (34,42,74) Reducing Child Labor to Support the Family Hope Program provides special education services to prepare children who dropped out of school to work so they can return to school and aims to reduce child labor among targeted households. (10,13) In 2019, the program assisted 10,964 families in 72 districts and cities in 14 provinces across Indonesia. Also in 2019, through the Family Hope Program, the government removed 18,000 children from child labor, bringing the total number of children removed from child labor between 2008 and 2019 to 134,064; all children were subsequently enrolled in school. (10)

† Program is funded by the Government of Indonesia.
‡ The government had other social programs that may have included the goal of eliminating or preventing child labor. (2,10)

VII. Suggested Government Actions to Eliminate Child Labor

Based on the reporting above, suggested actions are identified that would advance the elimination of child labor in Indonesia (Table 11).

**Table 11. Suggested Government Actions to Eliminate Child Labor**
Area	Suggested Action	Year(s) Suggested
Legal Framework	Ensure that threats, the use of force, or coercion does not need to be established for the crime of child trafficking.	2018 – 2019
Ensure that the hazardous occupations and activities prohibited for children are comprehensive and include sectors in which child labor is known to occur, including jockeying in horse racing, in which there is evidence that children are exposed to physical dangers.	2019
Enforcement	Ensure that labor inspectorate funding is sufficient to cover infrastructure, transportation, and fuel requirements to enable labor inspectors to carry out inspections.	2018 – 2019
	Ensure labor inspectors have authority to inspect the informal sector, including private farms and homes, for child labor violations.	2018 – 2019
	Significantly increase the number of labor inspectors to meet the ILO's technical advice to provide adequate coverage of the workforce.	2010 – 2019
	Publish criminal law enforcement information, including the number of investigations conducted, violations found, prosecutions initiated, and convictions for crimes relating to child labor, including its worst forms.	2009 – 2019
	Ensure that all criminal law enforcement personnel receive training on child labor regulations.	2017 – 2019
Coordination	Sufficiently fund Provincial and District Task Forces and require them to incorporate the recommendations of the National Task Force to Combat Trafficking in Persons into their plans of action on the elimination of trafficking of women and children.	2016 – 2019
Social Programs	Collect and publish data on child laborers ages 5 through 10.	2019
	Conduct research to determine the types of activities carried out by children, including in construction and street work sectors, to inform social policies and programs.	2014 – 2019
	Enhance efforts to eliminate barriers to education, including removing school-related fees and ensuring that all children are able to obtain a government-issued student identification number so they can attend school.	2016 – 2019

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