Rampant child labor keeps Colombian youth out of school .
Rampant child labor keeps Colombian youth out of school .
Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:26 Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Government and educational leaders from across Latin America gathered in Bogota on Tuesday to come up with strategies to combat child labor, a problem on the rise in Colombia.
In 2012, a survey of over 100 thousand children from all 32 departments across the country found that 31% of the respondents were considered child or adolescent laborers. According to DANE -- the national statistical agency -- in 2011, there were more than 1.7 million children or adolescent laborers. That figure constitutes 13% of all Colombian minors and a three point increase from the last survey. According to the same study, 23.3% of children that work do not study.
Underage workers are employed most frequently in stores, hotels, restaurants, or in an agricultural capacity.
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