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This document provides several links to news articles about forced labor issues.

After seven years of success in Colombia, the Somos Tesoro project is celebrating its conclusion with a webinar to present its work mobilizing diverse stakeholders in formalizing mining activities & stopping child labor. This webinar will feature the voices of artisanal mining communities companies & national authorities who have participated in the project.

Child Labor in the Coffee Sector in Colombia - This  document  is  a synthesis  of  the  "Study  of  Child  Labor  in  the  Coffee  Sector  in Colombia." The  document  is  divided  into five sections. The first  section presents  the  concepts  associated  with  child  labor, the  current  regulatory  framework,  and  the  scope  and limitations of the study. The second section summarizes the methodology designed and applied in the study. The third section describes the characteristics of the children and adolescents and their households, as well as their  participation  in  coffee  activities; the  risks  of  child  labor  in  the  sector; and  the  actors'  perspective. The fourth section analyzes and discusses the causes and implications of child labor for the coffee sector; the causes of the participation of children and adolescents in coffee activities ;and the characteristics of the recreational and extracurricular opportunities for children and adolescents. The final part of the paper presents the public policy recommendations that emerge from the study's findings.

This  document  is  a  synthesis  of  the  "Study  of  Child  Labor  in  the  Coffee  Sector  in  Colombia." The  document  is  divided  into five sections. The first  section presents  the  concepts  associated  with  child  labor, the  current  regulatory  framework,  and  the  scope  and limitations of the study. The second section summarizes the methodology designed and applied in the study. The third section describes the characteristics of the children and adolescents and their households, as well as their  participation  in  coffee  activities; the  risks  of  child  labor  in  the  sector; and  the  actors'  perspective. The fourth section analyzes and discusses the causes and implications of child labor for the coffee sector; the causes of the participation of children and adolescents in coffee activities ;and the characteristics of the recreational and extracurricular opportunities for children and adolescents. The final part of the paper presents the public policy recommendations that emerge from the study's findings.

This document is a technical summary report derived from the Study produced by CRECE in 2020, which describes its main findings on child labor. It is important to mention that this Study was the Colombia Avanza project ́s first approach in its analysis of the participation of children and adolescents in the production of coffee in Colombia.

Technical Document on Child Labor In The Coffee Sector Derived From, “Study Of Child Labor in The Coffee Sector In Colombia,” Carried Out by the Center for Regional Coffee and Business Research - This document is a technical summary report derived from the Study produced by CRECE in 2020, which describes its main findings on child labor. It is important to mention that this Study was the Colombia Avanza project ́s first approach in its analysis of the participation of children and adolescents in the production of coffee in Colombia.

Commission for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor - Jardín América: A tool where you can find information ordered by health, education, violence, care services, recreation, etc. It is designed to: Accompany families in problematic situations, promote recreational and educational spaces for children and locate institutions and their territorial references.

A pamphlet, aimed at municipal-level public officials and generated by Peru's Superintendencia Nacional de Fiscalización Laboral (SUNAFIL), designed to raise awareness of the problem of forced labor in Peru.

Link to radio spot from the campaign to raise awareness on forced labor in collaboration with NGO Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, “Peace and Hope”, and the Autonomous Workers’ Central of Peru.

Link to radio spot from the campaign to raise awareness on forced labor in collaboration with NGO Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, “Peace and Hope”, and the Autonomous Workers’ Central of Peru.