Ecuador: Child Labor Reduced 13% over a decade

telesurtv.net reported the period that knew the greatest reduction of child labor rates is 2007-2010, stated the U.N. body.
​The number of working children under 15 years old has dropped in Ecuador from 15 to 2 percent in over a decade, the National Institute of Statistics and the UNICEF revealed during the presentation of a joint report on Thursday.

As for teenagers, the study found a decrease of almost 28 percent over the same time period (2001-2013). The three Ecuadorean provinces that showed the greatest decrease in child labor (about 20 percent) were Cotopaxi, Bolivar and Chimborazo, with rural areas still the most affected. Children in rural areas work five more times than in urban areas, while rural teenagers over 15 work triple that of their urban counterparts. Indigenous children are fives time more affected than Meztiso children. This significant improvement is due to state regulation in the labor sphere, said UNICEF representative Grant Leivit, especially under the presidency of Rafael Correa. Read Article

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