Labor Dept Gives $10M to El Salvador for Child Labor Eradication Efforts
In her visit to El Salvador, Labor Secretary Solis announced a new U.S. contribution of $10 million to support the Salvadoran government’s efforts to combat and eradicate child labor. The project will address the issue of child labor in an…
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integrated manner by focusing on the entire family, including both parents and children. It also will work in a coordinated fashion with other ILO programs such as the Global Jobs Pact and initiatives that promote decent work for adults so that they do not need to rely on their children for survival. Solis noted that El Salvador has been at the forefront of global efforts to combat child labor. In 2000 it was one of the first countries in the world, and the first in Latin America, to commit itself to a time-bound program to combat the worst forms of child labor.