CENTRAL ASIA / CHILD LABOUR

The International Labour Organization has launched an extensive program that brought governments, trade unions and employers together to fight the worst forms of child labour across Central Asia. ILO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:51
• Production Date: 8 September 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO
• Subject Topical: CHILD LABOUR
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL ASIA
• MAMS Id: 1163120

Description

STORY: CENTRAL ASIA / CHILD LABOUR
TRT: 2.51
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE:
DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

BELOVODSKOE, KYRGYSTAN – DATE UNKNOWN

1. Various shots, children working in hay field
2. Various shots, children hoeing in green field
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny Potapov, 15 years old:
“When I work in the fields sometimes I have to squat for a long time, and after a while your legs start to hurt. And it’s impossible to stand up again.”
4. Med shot, children walk on way to school
5. Various shots, former child labourers in classroom

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN – DATE UNKNOWN

6. Med shot, girl puts icing onto cake
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Shanoza Kholmurodova, bakery trainee, 16 years old:
“A lot has changed in my life. When I came to the center, I didn’t know how to do anything. But now I have job skills, and I can say with full confidence that I am excellent at my job.”
8. Med shot, boys at the plumbing course
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mohriddin Amonov, plumbing trainee, 17 years old:
“I am gaining skills, and I am learning how to use my skills in practice.”
10. Various shots, children working in the market
11. Med shot, monitor with a kid
12. Med shot, monitors walking through market
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marhabo Mamadrizobekova, Child Labour Monitor:
“We look them in the eyes, and you can tell if a child is working in forced labour. Looking in their eyes, you can realize they are calling for help. You can see they want out of child labour.”
14. Various shots, Child labour monitors in office

BELOVODSKOE, KYRGYSTAN – DATE UNKNOWN

15. Various shots, Child labour monitors at meeting with parents and child labourers in classroom setting
16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Liudmila Bogatyreva, parent:
“I started looking at this issue differently. A child should not work, he should study. Our children should not be working.“
17. Tracking shot, kid dances in the class
18. SOUNDBITE () Yevgeny Potapov, 15 Years Old
“If they are working in the fields their whole life, they will not get knowledge. If they go to school, they will get knowledge, and they will get a better job.“
19. Various shots, people on the streets
20. Med shot, former child labourers in classroom

Storyline

Hundreds of thousands of children in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are involved in child labour. For children, it’s not only exhausting. Hard physical labour can damage their development.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny Potapov, 15 years old:
“When I work in the fields sometimes I have to squat for a long time, and after a while your legs start to hurt. And it’s impossible to stand up again.”

However, across Central Asia, attitudes about child labour are beginning to change.

A joined ILO-IPEC project, targets children in, or at risk for, child labour. They are being monitored, identified, and placed in school or vocational training.

Shanoza used to work with her mother at the bazaar. Now she is an accomplished baker.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Shanoza Kholmurodova, bakery trainee, 16 years old:
“A lot has changed in my life. When I came to the center, I didn’t know how to do anything. But now I have job skills, and I can say with full confidence that I am excellent at my job.”

Mohriddin used to stand by the roadside, selling bus tickets. Now he’s training to be a plumber.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mohriddin Amonov, plumbing trainee, 17 years old:
“I am gaining skills, and I am learning how to use my skills in practice.”

Everywhere in the region, children can be found working in bazaars, often carrying heavy loads for hours every day.

Trained child labour monitors walk through the markets looking for them.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marhabo Mamadrizobekova, Child Labour Monitor:
“We look them in the eyes, and you can tell if a child is working in forced labour. Looking in their eyes, you can realize they are calling for help. You can see they want out of child labour.”

When the monitors come back from the field, they enter the information into a Child Labour Monitoring System, developed by the ILO-IPEC program. The information assists the government in placing the children in school or training.

Parents attend meetings with their children to learn about the hazards of child labour.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Liudmila Bogatyreva, parent:
“I started looking at this issue differently. A child should not work, he should study. Our children should not be working.“

Hundreds of children trapped in child labour in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have been identified and helped by the program, changing the course of young lives in the process.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny Potapov, 15 years old
“If they are working in the fields their whole life, they will not get knowledge. If they go to school, they will get knowledge, and they will get a better job.“

Across the region governments, trade unions and employers have embracing new ways to fight child labour. And effective legislations, with a strong emphasis on education and training, is contributing to end the worst forms of child labour in Central Asia.