The Regional Initiative Latin America and Caribbean Free of Child Labor (RI) participated in the III Regional Seminar on Social Development organized by ECLAC, through the presentation "Child Labor: A Trap for Equality." 

The joint presentation, developed by Pilar Rodríguez, Coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the RI, and Andrés Espejo, specialist from the Division of Social Development of ECLAC, highlighted how the reality of child labour in our region is connected to structural problems of inequality such as income, gender, ethnic origin, and territorial space. 

According to Pilar Rodríguez, "The fact that we have girls, boys, and teenagers working is a result and cause of inequalities. That is why, in order to achieve the first generation free of child labour, it is necessary to address the structural causes that lead children and adolescents to this situation.

Watch the full presentation here

The presentation was commented on by María Gabriela Pico, Undersecretary of Policies and Standards at the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador; Gillian Corrdus, Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Jamaica; Cícero Pereira, Secretary of Training and Trade Union Education at the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA); and Juliana Manrique, representative of the International Organization of Employers (IOE). 

The Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour operates with the technical assistance of the ILO and the sustained support of its partners, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID), the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), and the United States Department of Labor (USDOL).