National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor and the Protection of Adolescent Workers in Paraguay

General Information

Institution:

Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security

Country:

Paraguay

Contact person:

Viviana Cano

Position:

General Director

Email:

vivi_canokt@hotmail.com

Phone:

(+59521)7290100

Website of the program:

https://www.mtess.gov.py/application/files/9715/6926/1549/Estrategia_Nacional_-_…

Which of the following topic(s) applies to the program?:

Topics:

Child labor

Labor inclusion of vulnerable groups

Program Description

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Description:

The strategy’s scope of intervention includes children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor or at risk of such conditions, with emphasis on families in extreme poverty, rural child labor and aboriginal children, domestic child labor and adolescent domestic workers, as well as institutions responsible for implementing the strategy, focusing on public agencies.

This document constitutes an update of the 2010-2015 Strategy, so the design and development process was not altered, but improved. Updates include:

Statistics on children and labor;
The institutionalization of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security;
Inclusion of the 2030 Agenda with a presentation on how the country is adjusting to this agenda, and
Indicators and goals for each line of action.

Objectives:

The objective of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor in Paraguay 2019-2024 is to “Focus and integrate public policies for children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor or at risk of such conditions; generate income for their families, train them and inform them, as well as key actors and the society, on children’s rights and the worst conditions of child labor; achieving the goal of free and quality education for them, and effective control of adolescent work.”

The objective is centered on integrating and focusing resources and actions of all government sectors and levels, from an inclusive perspective, on three key actions: generating income for parents and those in charge of children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor, so that they can take on their responsibility with government support; access and continuation of children and adolescents at schools that provide quality education, and effective control of adolescent work.

Year of Start:

2019

Estimated duration:

3 to 5 years

Geographic coverage:

National

Target population:

Children

Evaluation and Documentation

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Describe the challenges of the program:

Identifying children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor, or at risk, and their families; establishing the baseline and care for urgent, high risk cases with emphasis on rural and aboriginal peoples.
Comprehensive care and victim rehabilitation.
Strengthening the nuclear family as a space for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor.
Adjusting appealing, innovative, free quality educational programs to fit the needs of children and adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor, including both formal and informal education.
Raising awareness among citizens and, in particular, mass media of children’s rights and the worst conditions of child labor.
Effective control of adolescent work and promotion of decent work for adolescents in the worst conditions of child labor or at risk of such conditions.
Institutional strengthening of key actors in relation to the worst conditions of child labor: the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security; the National Secretariat for Childhood and Adolescence (SNNA); Municipal Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CODENI); the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC); workers, and employers within the National Strategy framework. Such efforts should be especially aimed at rescuing and rehabilitating children and adolescents which are victims of the worst conditions of child labor, as well as at strengthening inter-institutional integration among these actors and with networks related to such conditions.

Specify if the program has any internal and external evaluations, if applicable, include key findings:

The strategy is monitored both at the national and local levels through constant data collection on proposed activities and how they are carried out, by evaluating and subsequently sharing the results still in progress.