ARUM RATNAWATI, CHILD WORKER EXPERT:
We cannot directly forbid children from working

There seems to have been a decline in the number of child workers in Indonesia from 2007 to 2010. But to Arum Ratnawati, no matter how small the numbers, there are still too many children working. "There are 1.7 million kids working at bad jobs in Indonesia," she said, adding that they risked missing their schooling and sustaining bad health.

A graduate of social and public policy from the University of Leeds in the UK, Arum has worked for the pa

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