Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>’s junta-ordered <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MilitaryDraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryDraft</span></a> has exacerbated a shortage of workers caused by the country’s <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a>, and the gap is being filled by minors who are vulnerable to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> violations, experts and rights groups said Friday.</p><p>The growth in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> is an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/underreported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underreported</span></a> impact of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/junta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>junta</span></a>’s People’s Military Service Law, enacted in February as part of a bid to shore up its forces amid heavy losses to various ethnic armies and rebel militias since its 2021 <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CoupDetat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoupDetat</span></a>.</p><p>Under the law, men between the ages of 18 and 35 and women between 18 and 27 can be drafted to serve in the armed forces for two years.</p><p><a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/child-labor-ilo-military-draft-07192024145315.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/c</span><span class="invisible">hild-labor-ilo-military-draft-07192024145315.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildrensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildExploitation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AllChildrensLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllChildrensLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsiaNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsiaNews</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabour</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a></p>