Though more than 600,000 children are still engaged in work that harms their health, safety and well-being, Myanmar is trying to implement a national-level project to eradicate child labour, Nyunt Win, director-general of the factories and general labour laws inspection department, said. “Myanmar is undertaking several reforms in multisectoral development and the labour, immigration and […]
Education Reform to support Myanmar’s Industrialization Strategy
April 20, 2017 by
I was born in the town of Kanyutkwin in Bago Division, Myanmar in 1990. I left the country in 2005 to further my education in Singapore. When I came back to Yangon for work early this year, I noticed that the streets are more crowded; the traffic are worse; there are more high-rise in the […]
Telenor addresses underage labour, corruption and site fatalities
April 6, 2016 by
At a sustainability briefing yesterday – the third given by the Norwegian operator, which is the only telco to hold a public event discussing these issues – Telenor Myanmar CEO Petter Furberg covered major risks in the telecoms sector ranging from land issues to health and safety concerns. And though the company has taken measures […]
Telenor uncovers child labour usage in Myanmar network build
August 26, 2014 by
Telenor discovered that contractors constructing its new mobile network in Myanmar have been using child labour to develop base station sites in advance of the operator’s launch of commercial services in the country in September. In a presentation on Telenor’s Myanmar sustainability update, the company said it found three incidents of child labour being used […]
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