Project to Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in Mexico

Regulations aimed at combating child labor and forced labor, and economic exclusion exist at the federal and state levels in Mexico. However, significant gaps persist between the effective implementation of the Mexican labor law and the design and implementation of targeted programming to protect children and adult workers from labor exploitation. Therefore, at the municipal level, authorities are often under-resourced and lack the capacity to identify, address, and prevent child labor, forced labor, and other forms of labor exploitation in a targeted way. Moreover, municipalities, especially those in rural areas, face increased poverty levels and challenges in protecting their populations from labor abuses, including child labor, forced labor, and various forms of economic exclusion of workers.