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Trabajo Infantil en El Sector Café en Colombia - Síntesis

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Region
Country
Release Year
2021
Document Type
Executive summary

Child Labor in the Coffee Sector in Colombia - This  document  is  a synthesis  of  the  "Study  of  Child  Labor  in  the  Coffee  Sector  in Colombia." The  document  is  divided  into five sections. The first  section presents  the  concepts  associated  with  child  labor, the  current  regulatory  framework,  and  the  scope  and limitations of the study. The second section summarizes the methodology designed and applied in the study. The third section describes the characteristics of the children and adolescents and their households, as well as their  participation  in  coffee  activities; the  risks  of  child  labor  in  the  sector; and  the  actors'  perspective. The fourth section analyzes and discusses the causes and implications of child labor for the coffee sector; the causes of the participation of children and adolescents in coffee activities ;and the characteristics of the recreational and extracurricular opportunities for children and adolescents. The final part of the paper presents the public policy recommendations that emerge from the study's findings.

Project Topics
VULNERABILITIES TO LABOR EXPLOITATION
Rurality
Cultural norms
Family disruption
LABOR ISSUES
Child Labor
Working conditions
Economic Sector
AGRICULTURE
Crops
Intervention Type
Research
Law and regulation strengthening
Awareness-raising
Education
Social protection systems
Goods
Coffee
Project
Colombia Avanza
Grantee
Partners of the Americas
Author
The Center for Regional Coffee and Business Research
Research Type
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Language
Spanish
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