Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

1. Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia XVII INTER AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR San Salvador, 31st October – 1st November, 2011 CHILD LABOR IN BOLIVIA Honorable. DANIEL SANTALLA TORREZ MINISTRO DE TRABAJO, EMPLEO Y PREVISION SOCIAL

2. CHILD LABOR IN BOLIVIA

3. POPULATION OF BOLIVIA 10 MILLION OCUPACION DE NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS POPULATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS POPULATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Million Prison Inmates Workers Homeless Million Rest of the Population According to projections by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of children and adolescents constitutes 45% of the population, which indicates that the Bolivian population is quite young. Of children and adolescents 850,000 people are workers.

4. CAUSES OF CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR SECTORS IN BOLIVIA • Poverty • Migration • family irresponsibility • Family breakdown • The socioeconomic crisis • The labor agency through the father or mother • Unemployment Agricultural Mining Trade Manufacturing Services

5. WORKING STATUS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Unpaid Family Workers WORKING HOURS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Self Employed Workers Laborers CHILDREN AGE WEEKLY HOURS Employee Work Urban Areas Rural Areas Domestic Workers ADOLESCENTS AGE WEEKLY HOURS Urban Areas Rural Areas

6. DANGEROUS WORK INCOME OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (in american dollars) 87.88% of all children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 years are engaged in hazardous activities.

7. HAZARDOUS CHILD LABOR Tripartite Consultation: 23 Hazardous Activities Depending on the nature (11): • Sugar cane harvesting • Chestnut harvest • Mining • Fishing in rivers and lakes • Brick making • Sale of alcoholic beverages • Garbage Collection • Cleaning of hospitals • Protection services and security • Housekeeper “Lives onsite” • Conductors of public transport Depending on their condition (12): Agricultural Pawns Extensive Cattle Ranching Forestry Work Night Salesmen. Fashion Model for Erotic Imagery Housekeeper “Lives offsite” Late night urinal assistant Stonemasonry Sound Amplification Operator Carpenter and offices for handling machinery Masonry Late night car watcher

8. INSTITUTIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES

9. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK • State Constitution: Articles 60 and 61 prohibits child labor exploitation and recognizes the activities that contribute to the formation of children. • Code for Children and Adolescents: Determines the 14 minimum age for employment and details of prohibited work. • Labor Law: Regulates work by adolescents • General Law of Hygiene and Occupational Safety • National Development Plan: Bolivia worthy, sovereign, democratic and productive, to live well. Establishes the creation of social networking for the protection of working adolescents.

10. PLAN FOR THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOR • In June 2001, Bolivia approved the "National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor and the Ministry of Labor assigned the conduction and compliance with the plan developed by the National Commission for the Eradication of Child Labor. • In December 2002, the Ministerial Resolution established the Commission for the Progressive Eradication of Child Labor (CEPTI) which function is to support and technically coordinate the National Progressive Elimination of Child Labor

11. PLAN FOR THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOR The Plan established a strategic intervention through advocacy, direct care, prevention and control with three strategic objectives:: Reduction of working children under the age 14 Protection adolescents over the age of 14 years Eradicating the Worst Forms of Child and Adolescent Labor.

12. STATE POLICIES

13. STATE POLICIES • INCOME DISTRIBUTION POLICY: Within the income redistribution policy of conditional cash transfers is a central tool for reducing extreme poverty by focusing on the sectors of Health, Education and Support for the elderly population. 2010 2009 INCOME DIGNITY BONO JUANCITO PINTO BONO JUANA AZURDY DE PADILLA 5.7 % of growth 3,101,223 PERSONS BENEFITED = 29.7% OF THE BOLIVIAN POPULATION

14. STATE POLICIES MEDIA REVENUE INCREASE 6 years the population located in the middle-income stratum increased from 30% to 36%, 1 million people moved from poor to middle-income conditions . NATIONAL RULES FOR HAZARDOUS CHILDE LABOR: The 23 Forms of Child Labor Hazardous according to their nature and condition, will create special rules through Supreme Decree. FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR THE PERIOD: In the period will allow the progressive elimination of child labor and to meet the three strategic objectives.

15. STATE POLICIES BONO JUANCITO PINTO Incentive grant to stay and school completion of children between the first 8 years of primary education in public units. The measure falls within the framework of social protection policy and overall development of the National Community Development DECLINING RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS: Until 2010 there was a sharp decline in the dropout rate of 6.4% in 2006 to 2.9% in 2010, the bonus was applied in late 2006.

16. STATE POLICIES BONO JUANA AZURDUY DE PADILLA: Benefits for mothers pregnancy period and encourage children to comprehensive control of up to 2 years old. Helped to reduce levels of child malnutrition and maternal mortality in the country. POVERTY REDUCTION: It achieved ensuring that between 60% and 70% of direct revenue was transferred through bonds for pregnant women, elderly and children.

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