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The website that hosts the RICHES toolkit, a set of resources designed for women’s economic empowerment actors to equip them with practical ideas and tools to integrate and assess child protection and safe business practices throughout their work.

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 avoid putting children's education at risk 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 presentation that can be used with women's economic empowerment initiative staff and relevant stakeholders or independently as a learning resource. This presentation makes the case for integrating child protection into women's economic empowerment initiatives and demonstrates practical actions women's economic empowerment actors can take to mitigate the risk that their programs can engage in harmful child labor practices.