Editing Miyu Pranoto (section)

==Sad Facts==
[https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/indonesia U.S. Department of Labor - Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports - Indonesia]
In 2023, Indonesia made moderate advancement in eliminating the worst forms of child labor. The Ministry of National Development Planning, together with the United Nations Children's Fund, published the first ever Landscape Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Indonesia that includes recommendations for addressing and preventing the exclusion and exploitation of children with disabilities. The government also allocated $150,000 for social rehabilitation programs for child survivors of human trafficking. Furthermore, the Ministry of Manpower increased the budget for the labor inspectorate from $15.1 million in 2022 to $22.7 million in 2023, using the additional funds to conduct inspections and investigations, as well as to build the capacity of labor inspectors. However, the Ministry of Manpower continues to lack the financial resources and personnel necessary to fully enforce child labor laws throughout the country. In addition, Indonesia's prohibitions against child trafficking are inconsistent with international standards because the Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons requires that the use of threats, force, or coercion be established for the crime of child trafficking to have occurred. Finally, Indonesian law is not consistent with international law as the National Education System Act allows students to be charged fees for education.

Although the National Education System Act mandates free education, the law also permits schools to impose additional fees on students to cover items such as books, uniforms, transportation, and other non-tuition costs, which may hinder the ability of students, particularly those from low-income families, to attend school. Refugee children and Indonesian children without proper birth documentation or government-sponsored identification cards also face barriers to accessing education, because Indonesia’s formal education system is only accessible to citizens and individuals who have been officially granted residency. In addition, children with disabilities reportedly have higher rates of non-registration due to stigma and poverty.

'''Laws and Regulations on Child Labor:'''
*Minimum Age for Work: 15 - Law on the Ratification of ILO C. 138; Article 69 of the Manpower Act
*Minimum Age for Hazardous Work: 18 - Article 74 of the Manpower Act; Article 2 of Ministerial Decree on Jobs that Jeopardize the Health, Safety, or Morals of Children
*Prohibition of Using Children in Illicit Activities - Articles 74 and 183 of the Manpower Act; Articles 67, 78, and 89 of the Law on Child Protection
*Compulsory Education Age	15 - Article 48 of the Law on Child Protection; Articles 6 and 34 of the National Education System Act

[https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Child+Labor+Protection+in+Indonesia%3A+Its+Legal+Aspects+and+Challenges  Child Labor Protection in Indonesia: Its Legal Aspects and Challenges - Faculty of Law, Pancasila University, Jakarta, Indonesia 2025]

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'''Conclusion'''<br />
The problem of child labor has been regulated in several laws and regulations, although some of them are still not synchronized or consistent in their implementation. At the grassroots level, there are still several factors that actually create or encourage the continued emergence of child labor employed in certain industries or factories, e.g., economic or poverty factors. Some of them are even included in the category of industries that are dangerous for children. The existence of child labor in Indonesia needs to be addressed or responded to using an approach that involves many aspects, namely economic or welfare, social and cultural, and legal aspects. This legal aspect must also pay attention to clear and firm regulatory points, solid inter-institutional coordination, supervision, sanctions, and law enforcement that refer to certainty, justice, and benefit.
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Approximately 3.3% of Indonesians had a passport have traveled abroad in 2017 to data from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), though recent information from a 2023 Pew Research Center study indicates this figure is likely still low, with a majority of Indonesians not having traveled internationally at all. International travel is often considered a luxury in Indonesia due to factors such as low income, which makes overseas travel unaffordable for most citizens. A large majority of Indonesians have not traveled internationally, even though most would like the opportunity to do so. So most of Miyu's Indonesian citizen fellows are highly interested, how a nine to eleven years old get it done 19 times, gets it paid 16 times, had been paid for it 11 times and two times being paid during it as of October 22, 2025. Mom and dad paid just the Vietnam trip to Da Nang in 2023 and a Japan vacation in 2018 from their own pocket. Around the world she is admired for it and often begrudged.

Due worse economic situation and killed people [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0Fng6CHHE riots started in Jakarta] shortly after Independence Day, close to location where Miyu did the Barbeque Jam 2025 just a few days before ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP2bHnHegfs DW],[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUuvNvlttc #2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZpYpvkgUqc South China Morning Post]). Growing economic hardship and policies perceived as indifferent to the problems of ordinary citizens have been fueling discontent among many Indonesians for some time now. According to World Bank data, around 60 per cent of Indonesia's working population without a stable income work in the  so-called informal sector, where there is no social security. Food prices have risen sharply, while at the same time employment opportunities are dwindling. In addition, the middle class is shrinking, which is further exacerbating the situation: millions of people have slipped into lower income brackets or even into complete poverty.  In the past five years alone, as the Centre for Economic and Legal Studies (CELIOS) has documented, almost ten million people in Indonesia have experienced social decline.

After the roits in Indonesia the struggle, anger and frustration of Gen Z unites under the symbol of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_Hat_Pirates%27_Jolly_Roger pirate flag] of [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece_(Anime) anime series "One Piece"] Miyu is collecting trading cards of ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Alpha she is Generation Alpha]) globally on similar problems as one social-media movement now. The Singapore broadcast station [https://www.youtube.com/@CNAInsider ''CNA Insider''] and [https://www.youtube.com/@ashleydocumentary ASHLEY DOCUMENTARY channel] made excellent reports why it got a global movement in various countries- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhuDJnj7Rtc ASHLEY - How Indonesia’s Protest Became a Global Blueprint], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnFJeD-7bGA CNA - The Gen Z Protests Against Asia’s Political Elite], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClTFhEqy0Es CNA - Asia’s Gen Zs Are Angry. What Do They Want? | Insight | Full Episode] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2fiTdoGnI CNA - Indonesian Gen Z Learns Japanese To Escape Poverty By Working In Japan | Money Mind | Jobs].