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A research article that examines the intersection between women's entrepreneurship, child labor, and harmful working conditions to develop a framework for healthy business growth. The article's findings suggest that as these businesses grow, the risk of child labor and harmful working conditions may also increase. The article outlines how specific financial services can be utilized to prevent child labor.

A Spanish-language video explaining how to manage risks of physical harm in the enterprises of women's economic empowerment actors as part of an overall goal to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

A Spanish-language video explaining how to manage the risk of hazardous chemicals in the enterprises of women's economic empowerment actors as part of an overall goal to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

A Spanish-language video explaining how to manage emotional and psychological risks in the enterprises of women's economic empowerment actors as part of an overall goal to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

A Spanish-language video explaining how to manage developmental risks to children in the enterprises of women's economic empowerment actors as part of an overall goal to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

A Spanish-language video explaining how to protect children from labor exploitation and human trafficking in the enterprises of women's economic empowerment actors as part of an overall goal to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

This document presents a Spanish-language overview of the RICHES toolkit, a set of tools for supporting women’s enterprises responsibly and mitigating the risk of harmful work for children and adults or the use of other negative coping strategies, as well as an index of the individual tools.

A Spanish-language guide for diagnosing and mitigating safety and health risks within women’s businesses. This guide contains four tools: a business safety & health risk diagnostic for frontline staff, a business safety & health risk diagnostic for entrepreneurs, a graphic-only business safety & health risk diagnostics for entrepreneurs, and a link to the digital business safety & health risk diagnostic for entrepreneurs.

A Spanish-language guide to be used by experienced trainers to prepare frontline-level staff or other community-based facilitators of or engaged by women's economic empowerment actors to facilitate technical learning conversations with women entrepreneurs. These conversations aim to improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families to recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

A Spanish-language guide that provides monitoring and evaluation tools that can be used to support the assessment of a women's economic empowerment actor implementing RICHES tools. Various tools are provided, such as pre- and post-test surveys and focus group discussion guides that assess changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices among participants, quality control tools, and workshop evaluations for managers and frontline-level staff. This guide also provides tools that can be adapted for multiple purposes such as for project management or evaluation.