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See also: Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Latin America & the Caribbean

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Multi-stakeholder Strategy for Child Labor Elimination in Agriculture in Argentina 

This project seeks to raise the visibility and understanding of child labor in agriculture in Argentina and contribute to improving the tools and coordination among government entities, the private sector, and civil society to confront the problem.

Argentina Centro de Desarrollo y Autogestión (DyA) 01/01/2019 10/31/2021

Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic 

This project will support the Dominican government’s efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor law enforcement while helping businesses prevent, detect and eliminate labor abuses in the agriculture sector. Building off the commitment of the Ministry of Labor and of a growing number of businesses, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world.

Dominican Republic International Labor Organization (ILO) 12/08/2017 08/31/2021

RICHES 

The RICHES project aims to integrate the issues of child labor alleviation and acceptable conditions of work into women’s economic empowerment initiatives. By putting a new toolkit directly in the hands of policy makers and service providers who work with women entrepreneurs, RICHES seeks to ensure women-led enterprises can improve livelihoods responsibly without resorting to child labor or other harmful labor practices.

El Salvador, Philippines, Global The Grameen Foundation 12/01/2017 05/31/2021

Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children in Ghana 

This project will build the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, organizations providing social services and workers, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the United States around the world.

Ghana Verité 12/01/2017 05/30/2021

Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement 

Workers and civil society organizations help to supplement and support government labor law enforcement efforts by proactively identifying potential labor violations and filing justiciable complaints with the appropriate authorities. This project works in U.S. trade partner countries to improve labor law enforcement, as well as compliance with labor-related U.S. trade provisions, by improving the involvement of workers and civil society organizations in this process.

Peru, Georgia, Global American Center for International Labor Solidarity 10/01/2018 03/31/2021

Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market in the Northern Triangle 

All economies, whether in the United States or in Central America’s Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), need timely, accurate information to fuel efficiencies in their labor markets. These efficiencies, in turn, help ensure social stability and contribute to economic growth – both within countries and beyond. This project will seek to strengthen labor market information systems in the Northern Triangle to create useful labor market intelligence -- helping workers to find jobs, employers to fill the skills gap and economies to grow.

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras IMPAQ International, LLC 10/01/2017 03/30/2021

CLIMB 

The Child Labor Improvements in Bangladesh (CLIMB) project will build the capacity of civil society to more effectively detect and combat forced child labor and other labor abuses in the dried fish sector in Bangladesh. It will leverage partnerships with academic and community based organizations to build a grassroots movement, empower vulnerable families, connect survivors to services and reduce the risk that children will be forced into this harmful work.

Bangladesh Winrock International 12/15/2017 02/28/2021

Worker Rights Centers for the Greater Protection of Labor Rights in Colombia  

This project supports the government of Colombia in meeting its commitments to the U.S. under the Action Plan associated with the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.

Impact Evaluation
Colombia Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS) 12/26/2016 12/31/2020

Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras 

This project will help businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains, and will assemble a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world.

Honduras International Labor Organization (ILO) 12/15/2017 12/31/2020

Addressing Child and Forced Labor in Coffee Supply Chains in Guatemala 

This project will help businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains, and will assemble a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world.

Guatemala Verité 12/01/2017 12/31/2020

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