Equal Times reports: SCHOOL OR WORK: THE DILEMMA FACING CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA by Athénaïs Python , Tzivan Derveaux It is eight in the morning in the centre of Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third largest city. The América market is starting to bustle with activity. Gloria, aged 16, rubs her hands together to warm them up. “When you…
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Bolivia’s Controversial Child Labor Law Fails To Protect Children
Parent Herald reports: Bolivia’s Controversial Child Labor Law Fails To Protect Children By Nicole Earll In Bolivia, the government passed a child labor legislation that enabled children aged 10 and above to work legally. Two years after it was approved, is the law living up to its purpose? In 2014, Bolivia passed the controversial law…
Bolivia child labor through the lens of a Medill student
North by Northwestern reports: Bolivia child labor through the lens of a Medill student By Isabella Jiao For most journalism students, getting published in the New York Times is a distant dream. But for one recent Medill grad, this dream has become a reality. [to watch the video, please use the link below] At the…
Child labour laws: A step back for advancing Bolivia?
From BBC: Child labour laws: A step back for advancing Bolivia? By Katy Watson BBC South America Business reporter, Alpacoma, La Paz For nine-year-old Samuel Juan Ramos Gomez, brick making is part of everyday life. When he has finished school for the day, he puts down his pencil and picks up a shovel, helping his…
UNICEF is alarmed by Bolivian law that lets 10 years old children work
El Deber reports from Spanish newspaper El Mundo: CHILD LABOR UNICEF is alarmed by Bolivian law that lets 10 years old children work UNICEF has expressed concern about the exceptions in the new Code of Children and Adolescents in Bolivia, which allows children to start working from 10 years on their own. In this sense, the international…
While some will cheer, I find despicable to legalize child labor
Children deserve to be loved, to enjoy their childhood, to be able to play, learn, in order to become honest, hard-working citizens, in the future, not now! The Associated Press reports: Jul 4, 8:30 PM EDT NEW BOLIVIA LAW WOULD ALLOW 10-YEAR-OLDS TO WORK LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s Congress has passed legislation to…
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