Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Guatemala

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Broccoli
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Coffee
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Corn
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Fireworks
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Gravel (crushed stones)
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Sugarcane
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Guatemala
2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Moderate Advancement

In 2022, Guatemala made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government enacted a decree amending the Penal Code to include and increase the penalties for online sexual exploitation crimes committed against children. The Labor Inspectorate also increased the number of its human rights inspectors from 4 to 11, whose purview includes child labor issues. In addition, the government relaunched the "Protecting our Greatest Treasure" media campaign to raise awareness of protecting children and adolescents from sexual exploitation and human trafficking in the tourism sector. However, children in Guatemala are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture, including in the production of coffee. Moreover, in Guatemala an insufficient number of labor inspectors limits the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's ability to address child labor. In addition, existing social programs are insufficient to reach all children engaged in exploitative labor, particularly those engaged in domestic work or agriculture.

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