The worst forms of child labor are abusive and exploitative practices that affect children around the world. The inadequate enforcement of labor laws and policies and the lack of assistance and services for victims of child labor and forced labor create vulnerabilities leading to exploitation. Child laborers and victims of forced labor also typically work in situations that fall outside the internationally recognized conditions of work. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (2018) report on the Philippines, children are engaged in the worst forms of child labor, including commercial sexual exploitation, and the performance of dangerous work in agriculture and gold mining.