Central American
Ministers to Debate
Child Labour
Ministers of Education
and Work from Central
America and the
Dominican Republic will
meet in this capital
next week to discuss the
problem of child labour
in the region, informed
sources from the
organizing committee of
the meeting.
The presidents of the
Episcopal Conferences of
Panama, Honduras, Costa
Rica, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Guatemala and
Dominican, will also
attend the meeting, to
be held on August 8 and
9.
The meeting is aimed at
agreeing on policies and
programs that allow
"ending with child
labour and forging a
decent life for
children," says a report
from the Panamanian
Ministry of Education.
Regarding this, it plans
to adopt inter sector
strategies, aimed at
guaranteeing the
children's right to
education, prevention
and eradication of child
labour, as well as the
protection for teenagers
in the workplace. |
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