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CHILDREN IN THE SHADOW: Lost in translation

Irwanto

Co-director Center on Child protection Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Indonesia

Disajikan pada launching laporan UCW – ILO& Bappenas Jakarta, 19 June 2012

Who are these children in the shadow?

• These are children who are most at risk (hazardous,

long hours, no leisure) – obvious (we can easily identify) – and yet masked by presented statistics.

• Why?
• Selective or generalized presentation
• Selective or generalized presentation
• The way data is collected sampling block, based on

normal households

• The way categorization of data is designed.
• The way data is presented central tendency

means, mode, media

RURAL-URBAN

PEARL DIVERS IN MALUKU CHILDREN IN GARBAGE DUMPSITE Street children Children in mining ON FISHING PLATFORM

SERVICES SECTOR

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HE SEX INDUSTRY

SERVICES – TRADITIONAL ART??

UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS

PUTTING OUT SYSTEM COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Different forms of forced labour

RENTED CHILDREN

THEY DESERVE FAIR EXPOSURE AND JUDGEMENT THEY DESERVE FAIR EXPOSURE AND JUDGEMENT

• Looking for probable outliers in the

descriptive statistics

• Aware of the fact that in the noted category

there are children who ar in most hazardous there are children who ar in most hazardous condition

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

• REALISTIC WISHES TO EDUCATION SECTOR

– PREVENT CHILD LABOUR THROUGH RETENTION AND QUALITY EDUCATION – PREVENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAM SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAM – READY TO ACCEPT RE-ENTRY – PREPARE CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY

• MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF CULTURAL VALUES

AND PRACTICES CHILD MARRIAGE, EXPLOITATIVE CREATIVE ARTS, ETC.