The Municipal President of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas, Mexico), Carlos Morales Vázquez, and the ILO Director for Mexico and Cuba, Gerardina González Marroquín, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin the implementation of the second phase  of the Identification Model of the Child Labor Risk . This event was held in the Government Palace and also had the participation of the Secretary General of the Government, Ismael Brito, who signed as a witness of honor.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez will implement this tool to accelerate the reduction of child labor and advance towards the fulfillment of Goal 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that calls for ending child labor in 2025. In this regard, the Municipal President, Carlos Morales , stressed that the Memorandum does not imply only a signature, but a commitment to protect children and promote a culture of respect and better coexistence in the population. He also added that this is an effort that concerns everyone.

For her part, Gerardina González pointed out that Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the first Municipality in the region where a municipal strategy is being designed focused and oriented to interrupt the trajectory of child labor of children and adolescents that contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the Agenda 2030 in a specific geographic location.

In July 2018, Mexico presented the  national results  of the Model, which show that for the State of Chiapas the non-permitted child occupation occurs in households with a greater number of children and adolescents, especially males and where the head of the household is employed in the agricultural sector. On the other hand, key factors that can prevent child labor are the schooling of the head of household and spouse, and the occupation of the head of household in the formal sector.

Although Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Chiapas, is in the group of municipalities with a low risk of child labor, its authorities have assumed the commitment to develop an active local policy that strengthens child labor prevention and care services with a view to continuing to reduce the indicator and develop experiences that can be replicated in other territories, based on strategic multisectoral interventions, be they municipal, state or federal.