#Myanmar’s junta-ordered #MilitaryDraft has exacerbated a shortage of workers caused by the country’s #CivilWar, and the gap is being filled by minors who are vulnerable to #LaborRights violations, experts and rights groups said Friday.

The growth in #ChildLabor is an #underreported impact of the #junta’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 #CoupDetat.

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.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/child-labor-ilo-military-draft-07192024145315.html

"This type of disease doesn't occur often in Canada, federal data suggests. But scientists warn a slew of insect-transmitted infections are on the rise across North America, fuelled in part by higher temperatures that are helping mosquitos and ticks survive further north, and for longer periods of time."
#infectiousdiseases #insects #underreported #healthcanada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-insect-transmitted-illnesses-are-emerging-threats-in-canada-and-beyond-1.6959492

I will always post news & science articles about #Canada & its role in #geopolitical #EnvironmentalRacism & how #Canadian #ecocide #corporations often go to #ResourceRich & #PeoplePoor countries to #exploit #LandAndWater for #CorporateGreed - resulting in many #underreported cases of mass #EnvironmentalViolations & #HumanRightAbuses The companies seek corrupt governments to bribe too.

They're rarely held #accountable for their many #CrimesAgainstHumanity