Belmonte said it was fitting to grant the feat to QMC for serving as the venue of the Global March Against Child Labor on Jan. 17, 1998. READ:
Belmonte said it was fitting to grant the feat to QMC for serving as the venue of the Global March Against Child Labor on Jan. 17, 1998.
“This is the historic site where our local intention to end child labor ignited a worldwide conviction that is now being shared by the nations of the world,” she said. As part of the city government’s efforts to eradicate child labor, Belmonte said she has established the Quezon City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Special Protection of Street Children and Child Laborers or Task Force Sampaguita.Created by virtue of Executive Order No. 41, Series of 2022, the task force has consolidated and intensified all efforts to eradicate all forms of child labor in Quezon City.
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