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Final Report
Leadership Training for Girls and Academic Strengthening for Out-of-school Children
funded by an Emily Sandall Memorial Grant
awarded by the International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL)
Background Information
Child Labor data for...
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Final Report
Leadership Training for Girls and Academic Strengthening for Out-of-school Children
funded by an Emily Sandall Memorial Grant
awarded by the International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL)
Background Information
Child Labor data for El Salvador indicates that 10.
2% of children, mostly in rural areas, are
working in the worst forms of child labor.
This statistic breaks down into 13.
7% of boys and
6.
5% of girls between the ages of five and 14.
Sectors having the largest numbers of children are
agriculture with 51 percent and services with 35 percent.
The majority of children in agriculture
are boys, while girls dominate in the service sector as domestic servants in third-party homes,
where they are at risk of sexual exploitation.
Participating Organizations
Co-partners of Campesinas (CoC) is a US based, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, founded in
1997, that supports La Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) and other associations working for
women’s
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