Children in the Malaysian entertainment industry and their right to education / Dina Imam Supaat ... [et al.]

Imam Supaat, Dina and Che Amani, Nurfadhilah and Osman, Suraiya and Yaakob, Adzidah and Abdul Rahman Shah, Hendun (2014) Children in the Malaysian entertainment industry and their right to education / Dina Imam Supaat ... [et al.]. In: TeSSHI 2014- Technology, Science Social Sciences, Humanities, 5 & 6 Nov 2014, One Hotel Helang, Langkawi Kedah Malaysia.

Abstract

Regardless of the reasons and factors that encourage or force children to work, due to their age, physical development and vulnerability, unsuitable work and its condition can have adverse affect on children. There is concern that their right to education can be affected as their working hours operates within the same time children go to school. This study intends to look at the working condition of children in the show business in Malaysia and how has their right to education is affected and then being realised. Its objective is to describe and discuss the environment of the entertainment industry where children are working in the country generally, and to identify the basic legal principles governing minors and their involvement in the industry. The next focus is to identify significant problems in the protection of minors rights to education especially issues pertaining to their welfare. Using qualitative study based on library research, this study shows that law and policy reform; and legal enforcement is needed to fully protect children from any risk and harm. It also show that parents’ role as a guardian of children’s right is sometimes questionable. This study also indicates that in ensuring children’s enjoyment of their basic right to education, the correct way forward is to adopt the rights based approach.

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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Creators:
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Email / ID Num.
Imam Supaat, Dina
dina@usim.edu.my
Che Amani, Nurfadhilah
fadhilah.amani@usim.edu.my
Osman, Suraiya
suraiya@usim.edu.my
Yaakob, Adzidah
adzidah@usim.edu.my
Abdul Rahman Shah, Hendun
hendun@usim.edu.my
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > Classes of labor, Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus
Event Title: TeSSHI 2014- Technology, Science Social Sciences, Humanities
Event Dates: 5 & 6 Nov 2014
Page Range: pp. 170-181
Keywords: working children; child protection; right to education
Date: November 2014
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35448
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