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A report that discusses forced labor in the illegal gold mining industry in the district of Manseriche in the Loreto region of Peru and the working conditions of the local Awajún indigenous people. The report includes an extensive literature review on relevant topics, and analysis of industrial logistics, coloniality, and value extraction.

This issue paper addresses the twin challenges of child labor and education exclusion among indigenous children. The paper demonstrates that indigenous children face a higher risk of child labor than other children, and are often significantly over-represented in hazardous work and the worst forms of child labor. These children also face limited access to education, with particular limitations found among indigenous girls. Factors influencing this situation include land dispossession, climate change, migration, and constraints on traditional indigenous livelihoods

Pilares Corporation, South of Bolivar: We are a citizen group that works for a better future for children and adolescents in our territories. We are the union of several civil society organizations formed into a corporation, which currently work to raise awareness, identify, prevent and mitigate child labor and other unacceptable working conditions in our communities,

Pilares Project: This homepage of the Pilares Project website provides updates on the latest news about Pilares, contains links to videos and recent publications, and acts as a platform for further information on the project. 

This annotated bibliography aims to identify and summarize evidence of the outcomes of labor-focused  programs  or  studies  implemented  in  Colombia  from  2011  to  2021,  not  funded  through the United States Department of Labor (USDOL). These programs or studies focus on the five priority sectors identified in the Colombian Action Plan Related to Labor Rights (Labor Action  Plan or  LAP)  to  address  serious  labor  concerns  in  the  context  of  the  United  States-Colombia  Trade  Promotion  Agreement  (CPTA).1 These priority sectors include  (1)  ports,  (2)  flowers, (3) mining, (4) sugar cane, and (5) palm oil.

This report  describes in the final  evaluation of the  ‘Combatting  Child Labor in the  Democratic Republic of the Congo’s  Cobalt Industry’  (COTECCO)  project. Fieldwork for this evaluation was conducted  in  April  2022.       Sistemas  Familia  y    Sociedad   -  Consultores  Asociados  EIRL  Ltd.  conducted   this   independent   evaluation   in   collaboration   with   the      project   team      and stakeholders,  and  prepared  the  evaluation  report.

The objective of the project is to strengthen efforts by the Congolese government and other relevant stakeholders (at central and provincial level) in addressing child labor (CL) in the cobalt supply chain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

An infographic that presents visual representations of facts and statistics related to child labor in the brick industry of Nepal, including information related to demographics, working conditions, factors leading to labor exploitation, and geographical information. This infographic also includes intervention recommendations.

An infographic that presents visual representations of facts and statistics related to child labor in the carpet industry of Nepal, including information related to demographics, working conditions, factors leading to labor exploitation, and geographical information. This infographic also includes intervention recommendations.

A compilation of three standalone reports on the situation of children in the brick, zari, and carpet industries across 49 areas of Nepal, based on survey data, case studies, and policy reviews. This information was then used to design awareness raising and prevention activities and to determine rehabilitative services to protect children from further harm and inform local government and NGO policies and future programs.