Planning/Situation Analysis in Mexico
IIECL staff assisted the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) with the conduct of an assessment of the child labor situation in Mexico. The report entitled, “Child Labor in Mexico” provides an overview of the child labor in Mexico, with special attention to children who work in the agricultural export plantations in northern and central Mexico.
Website Development for Child Labor Education
Additionally, IIECL assisted the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to advise them on child labor issues and assisted with the initial development of a website on child labor in agriculture through its grant with the U.S. Department of Labor. The completed website can be found at www.fieldsofhope.org.
Speeches and Presentations
To help promote a greater understanding of the problems that contribute to child labor and effective strategies to eliminate these problems, IIECL staff have presented dozens of trainings, given speeches and made presentations targeted to various audiences. These have included: teach-ins at schools, colleges and universities; briefings before congress and at press briefings; keynote speeches at conferences and briefings; and talks to church, volunteer and community groups. Some highlighted speeches include:
Speech before the Helsinki Commission on Human Rights in Washington, DC. The speech was entitled, Broken Covenant, and focused on the problems of child labor among migrant farmworker children in the United States.
Comments at the Helsinki Commission Hearings on Migrant Workers in Warsaw, Poland on the plight of migrant farmworker children in the United States.
Panel presentation at the International Labor Organization’s briefing on child labor in Geneva, Switzerland.
Presentations at three annual CIES conferences regarding effective strategies for addressing child labor and meeting their education needs.
Presentations at numerous conferences of the U.S. National Child Labor Coalition addressing the plight of child laborers in agriculture.
Numerous testimonies before the US Senate and US House of Representatives regarding migrant farmworkers, child labor, out-of-school youth and intervention strategies, immigration needs of migrant workers, and job training and workforce development policies and programs.
No gathering has been too large or too small for IIECL staff. If you are interested in IIECL staff presenting to your group, please contact Diane@endchildlabor.org.