Child Labour in Colombia and Around the Globe
Child Labor in Europe:
The ILO made an estimation about some 246 million children from ages 5 to 17 years old are working instead of older people.
In Europe the exploitation of children is low because the economy increases and the poverty decreases, thanks to the politic compromise to fight against the child labor. With the support from the social partner of the countries, IPEC has begun to elaborate exit strategies in projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
Despite the overall positive outlook, there are still areas where child labor is endemic.
Actions from part of the ILO:
The ILO International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) is the world's largest program of technical cooperation on child labor. IPEC programs have had a considerable impact in more than 70 countries both with respect to the
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182. The majority of these children work in agriculture, but there are also many thousands of girls and boys working in other high-risk sectors such as mining, dumpsites, domestic labour, fireworks manufacturing and fishing. Support to defining and mapping hazardous labour, developing child labour monitoring systems and involving the social partners in these processes are IPEC priorities for the region. In many countries, domestic labour in third party homes is the second largest sector in which children, mostly girls, work. Programmes are being implemented in Central and South America to address this difficult issue. Indigenous girls and boys, who are often the poorest of the poor and suffer from discrimination and lack of access to social services, are also a priority target group for research and