Site Visits

In February through June of 1998, Department of Labor officials visited 16 countries-- Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey--to conduct research for this report. The following is a list of the Department of Labor officials who conducted the site visits and the meetings held during their trips:

1.     Bangladesh

Howard R. Dobson
International Economist
Office of International Economic Affairs
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

2.     Brazil

Marcia M. Eugenio
International Program Specialist
International Child Labor Program
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Mark A. Mittelhauser
Economist
Office of Employment Projections
Bureau of Labor Statistics

3.     Egypt

Sudha K. Haley
Area Advisor
South Asia, Near East and North Africa
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

4.     Guatemala

Gary Russell
International Economist
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

5.     India

Robert B. Shepard
Area Advisor
East Asia and the Pacific
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Alison Smith
International Manpower Advisor
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

6.     Kenya

Kelly W. Bryant II
International Economist
Office of International Economic Affairs
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

7.     Mexico

Maureen E. Jaffe
Assistant Director
International Child Labor Program
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

8.     Nepal

Stephen W. Marler
International Program Analyst
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

9.     Nicaragua

Robert D. Wholey
Area Advisor
Latin America and the Caribbean
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

10.     Pakistan

Sonia A. Rosen
Director
International Child Labor Program
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

11.     Peru

Teresa Hurlburt
International Economist
International Child Labor Program
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

12.     Philippines

Gregory K. Schoepfle
International Economist
Office of International Economic Affairs
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

13.     South Africa

Sydney E. Smith
International Program Development Officer
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation (TAATC)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

14.     Tanzania

Kelly W. Bryant II
International Economist
Office of International Economic Affairs
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

15.     Thailand

Sonia A. Rosen
Director
International Child Labor Program
Bureau of International Labor Affairs

16.     Turkey

Roger Kramer
Director
Division of Immigration Policy and Research
Office of International Economic Affairs Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Bangladesh

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor (Dhaka)
Ministry of Commerce, Office of the Joint Secretary (Dhaka)
Ministry of Education, Directorate of Non-Formal Education
Primary and Mass Education Division (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Dhaka)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation (BIGUF) (Dhaka)

Employers/Trade Associations

Alana Group (Dhaka)
Aparupa Garment Industries, Ltd. (Dhaka)
Aqua Resources Limited (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Chittagong, Dhaka)
C.A. Hamid Group of Companies (Dhaka)
Frank Group of Companies (Dhaka)
Meenhar Sea Foods, Ltd. (Chittagong)
Nova Apparels, Ltd. (Dhaka)
Serajsons Garments Limited (Dhaka)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Dhaka)
UNICEF (Dhaka)

NGOs

Association for Realization of Basic Needs (ARBAN) (Dhaka)
Azad Muslim Welfare Complex (Dhaka)
Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers Association (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Rehabilitation Center for Trauma Victims (BRCT) (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) (Dhaka)
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) (Dhaka)
Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Gano Shahajiya Sangstha (GSS) (Dhaka)
Nayan Action Foundation (NAF) (Dhaka)
Shoishab (Dhaka)
Surovi - Child Welfare Organization (Dhaka)
Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs (UCEP) (Chittagong, Dhaka)

Other

Therese Blanche,Anthropologist (Dhaka)
Dr. M.A. Quasem, Professor, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (Dhaka)
The Daily Star (Dhaka)

Brazil

List of Meetings

Government

Senator Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy (Brasília)
Representative Lucia Souto (State Government of Rio de Janeiro)
Ana Jensen, Civil Cabinet Secretary (State Government of Rio de Janeiro)
Judge Diogenes Barreto (Boquim, Sergipe)
Federal Ministry of Labor (Brasília)
Federal Public Ministry of Labor (São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul)
Federal Ministry of Education and Sports (Brasília)
Federal Ministry of External Relations (Brasília)
Office of the Governor (Federal District of Brasília)
Department of Education of the Federal District (Brasília)
Federal Ministry of Welfare and Social Assistance (Brasília,Cabo do Santo Agostinho, Aracaju, Salvador)
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) (Rio de Janeiro)
Cabo de Santo Agostinho Mayor's Office (Pernambuco)
Campo Grande Mayor's Office (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Department of Education and Culture (Araraquara, São Paulo)
Foundation for Children and Adolescents (FIA) (Rio de Janeiro)
Foundation for Social Welfare (PROMOSUL) (Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul)
Municipal Commission on the Eradication of Child Labor (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul)
Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (Araraquara, São Paulo)
Municipal Foundation for Infancy and Youth (Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro)
State Commission on Child Labor (Aracaju, Sergipe)
State Department of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism (Aracaju, Sergipe)
State Department of Labor and Social Action (Aracaju, Sergipe)
State Department of Labor and Social Action (Recife, Pernambuco)
Tutelar Council (Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro)
Unit for Combating Child Labor and Protecting Adolescent Workers (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (São Paulo)
Central Union of Workers (CUT) (São Paulo)
Federation of Agricultural Workers (FETRAGRI-MS) (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Federation of Agricultural Workers of Pernambuco (FETAPE) (Recife, Pernambuco)
National Confederation of Food and Agro-Industrial Workers (CONTAG) (Brasília)
National Union of Labor Inspectors (SINAIT) (Brasília)
Union of Citrus Workers of Sergipe (Boquim, Sergipe)
Union of Rural Workers of Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Pernambuco)
Union of Rural Workers of Itápolis and Borborema (Itápolis, São Paulo)
Union of Rural Workers of Retirolandia (Retirolandia, Bahia)
Union of Rural Workers of Ribas do Rio Pardo (Mato Grosso do Sul)

Employers/Trade Associations

Brazilian Citrus Exporters Association (ABECitrus)(São Paulo)
Fund for the Protection of Citrus (Fundecitrus) (Araraquara, São Paulo)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Brasília)
UNICEF (Brasília, São Paulo, Salvador, Recife)

NGOs

Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights (São Paulo)
Brazilian Institute of Municipal Administration (IBAM) (Rio de Janeiro)
Center for the Defense of Children and Adolescents (CEDECA) (Salvador, Bahia)
Childhope - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Federation of Social Assistance and Education Organizations (Rio de Janeiro, Recife)
Forum DCA (Brasília)
Global March Against Child Labor (Brasília)
Movement of Community Organizations (MOC) (Feira de Santana, Bahia)
News Agency for Children's Rights (ANDI) (Brasília)
Passage House Project (Recife, Pernambuco)
Partners of the Americas/POMMAR Project (Recife, Pernambuco)
Projecto AXÉ (Salvador, Bahia)
Projecto Desafio (Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro)

Other

Folha de São Paulo (São Paulo)
Institute of Special Studies - Catholic University of São Paulo (IEE-PUC) (São Paulo)
Popular University of Baixada (Rio de Janeiro)
Revista IstoÉ (São Paulo)
The Wall Street Journal (Rio de Janeiro)

Egypt

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Education (Cairo)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cairo)
Ministry of Manpower and Migration (Nasr City)
Ministry of Social Affairs Productive Family Project, (Cairo, Dokki)
Vocational Training Centers, (Giza, Mit Kardak)
National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (Cairo)
Woman and Child Research Unit, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) (Nasr City)

Worker Organizations

Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) (Cairo)

Employers/Trade Associations

American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo)
INGYCO Agencies (Alexandria)
INDCONSULT (Cairo)
Public Interest Corporation (Giza)
Hoda Abdel-Hady and Partners (Alexandria)
Silk in Silk (Mohandesseen)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Cairo, Manshiyat El-Nasr, Shoubra El-Kheima, Zamalek)
UNICEF (Garden City)

NGOs

Al-Geel Center for Youth and Social Studies (Cairo)
Alexandria Maritime Boy Scouts (Alexandria)
American-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST) (Garden City)
Arab Council for Childhood and Development (Cairo)
Association for Upper Egypt for Education and Development (Cairo)
Cairo Air Improvement Project (Cairo)
Caritas (Alexandria, Cairo, Shubra)
Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CESS) (Minya)
International Center for Boy Scouts (Nasr City)
Integrated Care Society (Alexandria, Karmouz)
Legal Resource and Research Center for Human Rights (Heliopolis)
Literacy Project (Cairo)
The Future Society for the Handicapped (Alexandria,Smouha)

Other

The American University of Cairo (Cairo)
Cairo University (Giza)

Guatemala

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Guatemala City)
Alvarez Pacheco, Deputy, Congressional Labor Commission National Congress (Guatemala City)
Judge Eduardo Leonel Esquivel Portillo, Second Labor Court (Guatemala City)
National Youth Council (Guatemala City)
President's Secretary of Social Well-Being (Guatemala City)

Worker Organizations

Guatemala Central Workers Union (CGTC) (Guatemala City)
Guatemala Confederation for Union Unity (Guatemala City)
U.S./Guatemala Labor Education Project (US/GLEP) (Guatemala City)

Employers/Trade Associations

Association of Non-Traditional Products Exporters(AGEXPRONT) (Guatemala City)
National Coffee Association (Anacafé) (Guatemala City)
Mosquera and Ricci - Attorneys and Notaries (Guatemala City)
Modas Samdo S.A. (Guatemala City)

International Organizations

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Guatemala City)
International Labor Organization (Guatemala City)
UNICEF (Guatemala City)

NGOs

Childhope, Childrens Hope Foundation (Guatemala City)
Support Program for Maternal and Child Health and for the Health of Other Vulnerable Groups (Guatemala City)
Education Program of the Boy, Girl, and Adolescent Worker (PENNAT) (Guatemala City)

Other

Tomás Offit, Researcher, Tulane University, Department of Anthropology (Guatemala City)

India

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor (New Delhi)
Kerala Ministry of Labor (Trivandrum)
Kerala Ministry of Education (Trivandrum)
Tamil Nadu Department of Labor and Employment (Chennai)
Uttar Pradesh Ministry of Labor (Kanpur)
Andhra Pradesh Department of Social Welfare (Hyderabad)
National Human Rights Commission (New Delhi)
V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (Noida)

Worker Organizations

All India Trade Union Council (AITUC) (Tiruppur)
Bharatia Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) (New Delhi)
Center of Indian Trade Union (CITU) (Tiruppur)
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) (New Delhi)
Indian Federation of Working Journalists (New Delhi)

Employers/Trade Associations

All India Organization of Employers (New Delhi)
Amalgam Group Companies/Amalgam Investments (Cochin)
Carpet Export Promotion Council (New Delhi)
Council for Leather Exports (Agra, Mumbai, New Delhi)
Employer Federation of Tamil Nadu (Chennai)
ESKAY Exports (Tiruppur)
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (Jaipur, Mumbai)
Hindustan Diamond Company Limited (Mumbai)
Innovative Marine Foods Ltd. (Cochin)
Inter Gold (India) Limited (Mumbai)
Jaykay Cement Works (Kanpur)
Maliks Traders (Mumbai)
Maxwel Exporters (Meerut)
Meridian Trading (Mumbai)
Metro and Metro (Agra)
Neelam Glass Works (Firozabad)
Park Exports (Agra)
S. Gopal Industries - Manufacturers and Exporters (Firozabad)
Sanspareils Greenlands Ltd. (Meerut)
Shoe Tecnik Corporation - Crescent Tanners Pvt. Ltd. (Kanpur)
Subir Diamonds Ltd. (Mumbai)
Tamil Nadu Fireworks Manufacturers Association(TANFAMA) (Sivikasi)
TATA Exports Limited (Mumbai)
Torry Harris Seafood, Ltd. (Cochin)
Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation (Kanpur)
V. Rameshchandra and Co. (Mumbai)
Zam Zam Tanners (Kanpur)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (New Delhi)
UNICEF (Chennai, New Delhi)

NGOs

AADHAR - Welfare Society (Agra)
Campaign Against Child Labour (Mumbai)
CEDA TRUST (Dindigal)
Center for Social Education and Development (CSED) (Coimbatore, Avinashi)
Center for Street and Working Children (Chennai)
Centre of Concern for Child Labour (New Delhi)
Indian Environmental Society (New Delhi)
Indian Society of Biosciences and Environment (Kanpur)
Institute for Environmental Projects (Firozabad)
Lok Shiksha Sansthan (Jaipur)
MV Foundation (Ranga Reddy District)
National Child Labor Program School (Sivikasi)
Peace Trust School (Dindigal)
People's Watch (A Network toward Human Rights Monitoring Research and Documentation) (Madurai)
Quarry Workers Development Society (Dindigal)
REAL (Rural Education and Action for Liberation) (Dindigal)
RUGMARK^® (New Delhi)
Swestic (Dindigal)
U.P. Voluntary Health Association (Lucknow)
World Vision of India (New Delhi)

Other

DBS College, Department of Zoology, Ganga Institutional and Community Development Project (ICDP) (Kanpur, Motijheel)
Dr. B.N. Juyal (Varanasi)
JPS Associates - Management Consultants (Kanpur)
Kanchan Mathur, Institute for Development Studies (Jaipur)
S. Annamalai, Chief of Bureau, The Hindu (Madurai)

Kenya

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labour and Manpower Development (Nairobi)
Ministry of Education (Nairobi)
Kenyan Central Statistical Division (Nairobi)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Nairobi)
Banking Insurance and Finance Union (K) (Nairobi)
Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) (Nairobi)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions AFRO (Africa Regional Headquarters) (Nairobi)
Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (Nairobi, Nakuru)
Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (Kudheiha Workers) (Nairobi)

Employers/Trade Associations

Federation of Kenya Employers (Nairobi)
Alhhega Estate (Nairobi)
Jordache Corporation (Nairobi)
Kiamara Coffee Estate (Nairobi)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Nairobi)
UNICEF (Nairobi)

NGOs

African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) (Nairobi)
Children and Conflict in Africa (Nairobi)
Global March Against Child Labor (Nairobi, Namanga)
Women and Child Labour Resource Centre (SINAGA) (Nairobi)

Mexico

List of Meetings

Government

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) (Mexico City)
Federal Ministry of Education (SED) (Mexico City)
Federal Ministry of Social Development National Farmworkers' Program (PRONJAG) (Culiacán, Mexico City, San Quintín)
National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF) (Mexico City)
Juan Moisés Calleja Castañón, Chairman of Labor Committee, Federal Chamber of Deputies (Mexico City)
Diego Aguilar Acuña, Federal Deputy for Sinaloa (Mexico City)
Sinaloa State Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Culiacán)
Sinaloa State Ministry of Social Development (Culiacán)
Sinaloa State System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF) (Culiacán)
Baja California State System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF) (Tijuana, Ensenada)
Baja California State Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Tijuana, Mexicali)
Tijuana Committee of Municipal Planning and Development (COPLADEM) (Tijuana)
Baja California State Ministry of Social Development (Mexicali)
Baja California State Governors Office (San Quintín)

Worker Organizations

Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) (Mexico City)

Employers/Trade Associations

Sinaloa Confederation of Growers' Associations (CAADES) (Culiacán)
Agrícola Pony Farm (Sinaloa)
Agrícola Portillo Farm (Sinaloa)
El Campo San Isidro Farm (Sinaloa)
Costa Sur Regional Committee on Vegetable Sanitation (San Quintín, Baja California)
Lomas de Jaramillo Farm (San Quintín)
Los Grillos Farm (San Quintín)
Rancho Seco Farm (San Quintín)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Mexico City)
UNICEF (Mexico City)

NGOs

Foundation for the Protection of Children (Tijuana)
Mexican Collective for the Support of Children (COMEXANI) (Mexico City)
Minors in Recuperation (MERAC) (Tijuana)
National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Mexico City)
YMCA Home for Migrant Children (Tijuana)

Other

Institute of Social Research, Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexicali)
Professor María Teresa Guerra Ochoa, Autonomous University of Sinaloa (Culiacán)

Nepal

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor (Kathmandu)
Ministry of Education, Basic and Primary Education Project (BPEP-JGF) (Kathmandu)
Ministry of Women and Social Welfare (Kathmandu)
Department of Land Reform (Kathmandu)
Nepal Police (Kathmandu)

Worker Organizations

General Foundation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)(Kathmandu)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Kathmandu)
UNICEF (Kathmandu)

NGOs

ABC-Nepal (Kathmandu)
Amnesty International Nepal (Kathmandu)
Child Protection Center-Nepal (Kathmandu)
Child Welfare Society (Kathmandu)
Child Workers in Nepal (Kathmandu)
Children at Risk-Network Group (Kathmandu)
Concern-Nepal (Kathmandu)
Group for International Solidarity (Kathmandu)
Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) (Kathmandu)
INHURED International (Lalitpur)
Maiti Nepal (Kathmandu)
Nepal RUGMARK^® Foundation (Kathmandu)
National Society for Protection of Environment and Children (NASPEC) (Kathmandu)
Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) (Kathmandu)
Save the Children (Kathmandu)
The Asia Foundation (Kathmandu)

Other

SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance) Nepal Pvt. Ltd. (Kathmandu)

Nicaragua

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor (Managua)
Ministry of Education (Managua)
Ministry of Health (Managua)
Ministry of Social Action (Managua)
Managua Municipal Market Corporation (Managua)
National Assembly Labor Commission (Managua)
National Commission for the Eradication of Child Labor (Managua)
Nicaraguan Fund of the Child and the Family (FONIF) (Managua)
Condega Mayor and Municipal Children's Commission (Condega)
Esteli Municipal Secretary (Esteli)

Worker Organizations

General Confederation of Action and Trade Union Unity (Managua)
General Confederation of Labor - Independent (Managua)
Center of Workers of Nicaragua - Autonomous (Managua)
Sandinista Center of Workers (Managua)

Employers/Trade Associations

Nicaraguan Coffee Growers Association (Managua)
Corporation of Free Zones (Managua)
Nicaragua American Tobacco S.A. (Esteli)
San Pedro Arelanes Tobacco Farm (Condega)
Segovia Cigar S.A. (Esteli)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Managua)
UNICEF (Managua)

NGOs

Association "Maria Barreda" (Leon)
Catholic Relief Services (Managua)
Coordinating Council of Child Labor NGOs (Managua)
Foundation for the Integral Development of Indigenous Women of Sutiava "Xochilt Acalt" (Leon)
Group of Women - "Maria Elena Cuadra" (Managua)
Institute of Human Promotion (Managua)
Nicaraguan Center for Labor Studies (Managua)
Nicaraguan Association Pro-Human Rights (Managua)
Permanent Commission of Human Rights of Nicaragua (Managua)
Save the Children-USA (Managua)
Save the Children-Canada (Managua)
Save the Children-Norway (Managua)
Save the Children-Sweden (Managua)
Two Generations (Managua)
"Yes to Life" (Managua)

Pakistan

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis (Islamabad)
Punjab Ministry of Labor and Manpower (Lahore)
Punjab Directorate of Labour Welfare (Lahore)
Export Promotion Bureau (Lahore)
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (Lahore)

Worker Organizations

All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions (Lahore)

Employers/Trade Associations

Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Lahore)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot)
UNICEF (Islamabad, Lahore)

NGOs

Ali Institute of Education (Lahore)
Bunyad-Literacy Community Council (Lahore)
Child Care Foundation of Pakistan (Lahore)
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (Lahore)
RUGMARK^® Pakistan (Lahore)
Save the Children (Islamabad)
Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) (Islamabad)
Sudhaar (Lahore)
Vision (Lahore)

Other

Sialkot Soccer Ball Project School (Sialkot)
Training and Education for Carpet-Weaving Children (TECC) School (Lahore)

Peru

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Lima)
Ministry of Education (Lima)
Ministry of Health (Lima)
Ministry of Interior, Child and Adolescent Division (Lima)
Ministry for the Promotion of Women and Human Development, (PROMUDEH), National Institute for Family Welfare (Lima, Cusco)
Congressional Commission on Human Rights and Peace (Lima)
Congressional Commission on Labor and Social Security (Lima)
Congressional Committee on Women, Human Development, and Sports (Lima)
Miraflores Municipal Police (Lima)
National Institute of Statistics and Computing (Lima)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Lima)
Federation of Petroleum Workers (FETRAPEP) (Lima)
International Federation of Unions of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and Diverse Industries Workers (ICEM) (Lima)
National Federation of Mine and Metallurgic Workers (Lima)
Unitary Union of Petroleum Workers (Lima)

Employers/Trade Associations

Mollehuaca Mining Community, S.A. (Arequipa, Lima)
National Society of Industries (Lima)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Lima)
UNICEF (Lima)

NGOs

Association Qosqo Maki (Cusco)
Center for Social Studies and Publications (CESIP) (Lima)
Defense of Life Association (ADEVI) (Lima)
Faith and Joy (Fe y Alegria) (Lima)
Health and Work Institute (Lima)
Labor Consulting Center (CEDAL) (Lima)
Labor Development Association (Lima)
National Initiative Group for the Rights of the Child (GIN) (Lima)
Peruvian-Episcopalian Conference (Lima)
Rädda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children) (Lima)
Rights of the Child Coordinator (CODENI) (Cusco)

Philippines

List of Meetings

Government

Department of Labor and Employment (Manila, Cebu City, Ormoc City, Davao City)
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (Manila, Davao City, Kanaga)
Department of Interior and Local Government - Kanaga District (Kanaga)
Department of Justice (Manila)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (Davao City, Kanaga )
Department of Trade and Industry (Cebu City)
Cebu Investment Promotions Center (Cebu City)
City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) (Davao City)
Commission on Human Rights (Manila, Davao City)
Office of the Mayor (Kanaga)
Municipal Agriculture Office (Kanaga)
National Statistics Office (NSO) (Manila)
Philippine Information Agency (Davao City)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Manila)
Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) (Davao City)
Confederation of Labor and Allied Social Services-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (CLASS-TUCP) (Manila)
Federation of Free Workers-World Confederation of Labor (FFW-WCL) (Manila)
International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) (Manila)
The Philippine Labor-Unity Movement (PLUM) Federation of Industrial and Agrarian Workers (Manila)
Philippine Public School Teachers Association (PPSTA) (Manila)
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) (Manila)

Employers/Trade Associations

Bishops-Businessmen Conference (BBC) (Manila)
Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) (Manila)
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Manila)

International Organizations

Asian Development Bank (Manila)
International Labor Organization (Manila)
UNICEF (Manila)
U.S. Agency for International Development (Manila)

NGOs

BBC Livelihood Foundation, Inc. (Manila)
Bidlisiw Foundation (Cebu City)
Children's Legal Bureau (Cebu City)
Christian Children's Fund (Davao City)
Education Research Development Assistance (ERDA) Foundation, Inc.-Philippines (Manila)
End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism/End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) (Cebu City, Manila)
Fellowship for Organizing Endeavours (FORGE) (Cebu City)
International Catholic Child Bureau (Manila)
Kabiba Foundation, Inc. (Davao City)
Kamalayan Development Foundation, Inc. (KDF) (Manila, Ormoc City)
Kapatirang Gomburza/Caritas (Manila)
Kaugmaon: Center for Children's Concerns Foundation, Inc. (Davao City)
National Livelihood Support Fund (A Landbank Administered Fund) (Manila)
NORFIL Foundation, Inc. (Cebu City)
Outreach Program in Training, Integral Organizing and Networking for Solidarity, Inc. (OPTIONS) (Cebu City)
Pearl S. Buck Foundation (Cebu City)
Salinlahi Foundation, Inc.-Alliance for Children's Concerns (Manila)
Save the Children-UK (Cebu City)
Stairway Foundation (Manila)
Stop Abuse of Minors Association, Inc. (SAMA) (Cebu City)
Stop Trafficking of Filipinos Foundation, Inc. (S.T.O.P.) (Manila)
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc. (Manila)
World Vision Development Foundation (Manila)

Other

Professors Portia Dacalos, Felisa Uy Etemadi, and Rosario Piquero-Ballescas, University of the Philippines (Cebu City)
Professor Elizabeth M. Remedio, University of San Carlos (Cebu City)
Professor Rosario S. del Rosario, University of the Philippines (Manila)

South Africa

List of Meetings

Government

Office of the President (Pretoria)
Department of Labor (Pretoria)
Department of Education (Pretoria)
South African Police Service (Sunnyside Precinct) (Pretoria)
Gauteng Education Department (Johannesburg)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Johannesburg)
Chemical Workers Industrial Union (Johannesburg)
COSATU (Johannesburg)
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Johannesburg)
South African Agricultural, Plantation and Allied Workers Union (Johannesburg)

Employers/Trade Assocations

Business South Africa (Johannesburg)
South African Agricultural Union (Pretoria)
South African Chamber of Business (Randburg)
Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (Johannesburg)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Pretoria)
UNICEF (Cape Town)

NGOs

Cape Town Child Welfare Society (Cape Town)
Cooperative for Research and Education (Fordsburg)
Network Against Child Labor (Fordsburg)
Ntombi Shelter for Girls (Johannesburg)
Orlando Children's Home (Soweto)
RAPCAN (Cape Town)
Streetwise Pretoria (Pretoria)

Other

Adelle Gordon, Independent Consultant (Pretoria)
Cheadle, Thompson and Haysom (Cape Town)
Community Agency for Social Enquiry (Johannesburg, Observatory)
Daurie Bosch, Independent Consultant (Pretoria)
Debbie Budlender, Independent Consultant (Cape Town)
National Institute for Public Interest Law (Pretoria)
University of Cape Town Industrial Health Research Group (Rondebosch)
University of Pretoria Center for Human Rights (Pretoria)
University of Pretoria Law School (Pretoria)

Tanzania

List of Meetings

Government

Office of the Prime Minister (Dar es Salaam)
Ministry of Labor (Dar es Salaam)
Ministry of Community Development, Womens Affairs and Children (Dar es Salaam)
Ministry of Education (Dar es Salaam)
Department of Local Government (Dar es Salaam)
Department of Information Services (Dar es Salaam)
Maudline Kastiko, Member of Parliament (Zanzibar)

Worker Organizations

Tanzania Plantation and Agricultural Worker's Union (Dar es Salaam)
Tanzania Federation of Free Trade Unions (TFTU)
(Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar)

Employers/Trade Associations

Association of Tanzanian Employers (ATE) (Dar es Salaam)
Association of Zanzibar Employers (AZE) (Zanzibar)
Tanzania Tea Authority (Dar es Salaam)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Dar es Salaam)
UNICEF (Dar es Salaam)

NGOs

National Women's Organization of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
Save the Children Association (Dar es Salaam)
Tanzania Social Workers Association (Dar es Salaam)
Tanzania Youth Development Association (TYDA) (Dar es Salaam)
Tanzania Council of Social Development (Dar es Salaam)
The Zanzibar Association of NGOs (ANGOZA) (Zanzibar)

Other

Dr. R.W. Tenga, Law Associates (Dar es Salaam)

Thailand

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Bangkok)
Ministry of Education (Bangkok)
Dr. Saisuree Chutikul, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Women, Youth and the Elderly and Advisor, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister (Bangkok)

Worker Organizations

American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO (Bangkok)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Bangkok)
UNICEF (Bangkok)

NGOs

Asia Cultural Forum on Development (ACFOD) (Bangkok)
Child Workers in Asia (CWA) (Bangkok)
Distance Education Program (Chiang Mai)
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) (Bangkok)
Foundation for Child Development (FCD) (Bangkok)
Images Asia (Chiang Mai)
International Rescue Committee (Mae Hong Son)
Save the Children (Bangkok)
Southeast Asian Information Network (Chiang Mai)
The Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (Bangkok)
World Vision Foundation of Thailand (Bangkok)

Other

Prof. Lae Dilokvidhyarat, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok)
Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, Chulalongkorn University(Bangkok)

Turkey

List of Meetings

Government

Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Child Labor Unit (Ankara, Istanbul)
Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Apprenticeship and Non-Formal Education (Ankara)
Office of Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) (Ankara)
Provincial Social Services (Izmir)
State Institute of Statistics (Ankara)

Worker Organizations

Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) (Istanbul)
Confederation of Real Trade Unions (HAK-) (Ankara)
Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-I) (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir)

Employers/Trade Associations

Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Handicrafts (TESK) (Istanbul)
DOST Textile Industry and Trading Incorporation (Denizli)
Istanbul Union of Chamber of Tradesmen (Istanbul)
Olimpiyat Tekstli (Denizli)
Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TISK) (Ankara)
Turkish Research Institute of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts (TES-AR) (Ankara)

International Organizations

International Labor Organization (Ankara)
UNICEF (Ankara)

NGOs

Center for Children Working in the Streets (Ankara)
Development Foundation of Turkey (Ankara)
Fiek Institute on Health Services and Research (Ankara, Denizli, Istanbul, Izmir)
Foundation for the Advancement of Vocational Training and Small Scale Enterprises (MEK-SA) (Ankara)
Global March Against Child Labor (Ankara, Istanbul)
The Human Resources Development Foundation (Istanbul)
Lion's Club (Ankara)
Rotary Club (Ankara)

Other

CHP (Republican People's Party) Youth Auxiliary (Ankara)
Foundation for Social Work, Research, Documentation and Education (SABEV), Gazi University (Ankara)
Ostim Industrial Area Apprenticeship School (Ankara)
Professor Esin Küntay, Mimar Sinan University, Department of Sociology (Istanbul)
Professor Ferhunde Özbay, Bosphorous University (Istanbul)
Professor Seyda Aksel, Aegean University (Izmir)
Students from Ankara University, Bilkent University, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)
TEK-EV Apprenticeship School (Ankara)

This report was produced by the staff of the International Child Labor Program and is published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
Acknowledgements.