Columbia and Ecuador: V-Day Flowers, Cut by Child Laborers - The Atlantic - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Columbia and Ecuador: V-Day Flowers, Cut by Child Laborers – The Atlantic

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Posted February 14, 2012

In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child labor in Flower Industry, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields

V-Day Flowers, Cut by Child Laborers
The Atlantic
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