Publications

October 2010

1. Tripartite social forums for banana and flower production in Ecuador - CSR Case Study

May 2010

1. Sowing the future: The experience of the Social Forum for Flower Production

   Through social dialogue, the Social Forum for Flower Production is aiming at preventing and eliminating child labour in the Ecuadorian cut-flower sector.

January 2005

1. National Report on the results of the Child Labour Survey in Ecuador, 2001

   Presents the results of the national child labour household survey included as a module in ENEMDUR 2001.

December 2004

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   Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador (Girl child labour studies, vol.1)

   Comparative analysis of the findings in Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador. A large sample of children was interviewed in Ghana and in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines.

January 2004

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   Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: The cases of Ghana, Ecuador and the Philippines. A comparative analysis (Girl child labour studies, vol. 2)

   Series of comparative analysis focusing on girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation.

January 2003

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   Executive Summary. Analysis for improved regulation and compliance with national and international norms on child and adolescent labour in Ecuador, with special emphasis on the most extreme forms

   The analysis includes current primary norms (the Constitution, international conventions and laws) and secondary norms (regulations, executive decrees, ministerial agreements and relevant municipal ordinances). Recommendations for improving this juridical framework are made at the end.

October 2002

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   Executive Summary. Analysis of the Policy and Strategy Educatives Context

   The analysis of the context of educational policy and strategies in Ecuador includes the philosophy, proposals, agreements and recommendations made by ILO-IPEC, and recommends projects and programmes to lead to the eliminationof the worst forms of child labour through efficient, effective, pertinent and sustainable actions for including the issue in government policies and those of the government and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Recreation.

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   Executive Summary: Magnitude, characteristics and environment of sexual exploitation of girls and adolescents in Ecuador

   The study was carried out in the cities of Guayaquil, Quito and Machala, the Ecuadoran cities with the greatest number of commercial sex establishments and sex workers. One of the principal findings of the study is to received little attention from the government, international organisations and some of the NGOs working on issues involving children and adolescents.

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   Executive Summary Baseline for the prevention and gradual elimination of child labour in the flower industry in the districts of Cayambe and Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador

   This study was made with the objetive to identify 1,000 children working on flower farms in Cayambe and Pedro Moncayo, determine their working conditions and family and educational situation, discover their perceptions of their work, identify dangerous processes, explore the dynamics and relationships related to social responses to child labour in the flower industry, and identify the characteristics of the socio-economic situation in this districts.

April 2000

1. Ecuador - Child labour in flower plantations (IWFCL, no 35) - Executive Summary