Malaybalay City 24/7 Women Hotline

Operators of Malaybalay City's 24/7 Women's Hotline receive at least 10 different calls and text messages daily concerning various women issues. The women emergency number is a pet project of City Councilor Atty. Mya Analene D. Rosos, Chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children and Family of the City Council, who filed recently a resolution creating the 24/7 Women Hotline. City Mayor Ignacio W. Zubiri approved the proposal and provided technical staff and equipment for the Hotline.

Malaybalay to intensify drive against child labor

ATTY. MYA ROSOS

MALAYBALAY CITY – The city government is set to boost its campaign against child labor as alarming information on child exploitation in the labor sector was reported by the United Nations-International Labor Organization (UN-ILO).

        The report was anchored on the base-line survey, which was commissioned by the UN-ILO, conducted in Brgy. Linabo, Brgy. Managok , Brgy. San Jose, and nine other barangays in the province.

        It was learned that of the 656 households in the three barangays, 474 households have working children. And 507 children were reported working at top job sectors from agriculture, domestic work, construction, sales, transportation, among others.

        The children on the base-line survey fell under the age bracket of 5-17 years old, 334 children are males, 173 are females.

        As this developed, City Councilor Atty. Mya Analene D. Rosos is seeking to pass a resolution requesting City Mayor Ignacio W. Zubiri to create a special committee, which will be a multi-agency body under the City Council for the Welfare of Children, to address child labor issues.