Child Labor in Panama

Child labor in Panama reaches 114,168 minors between five and 17 years of age, with 59 percent of them involved in agricultural activities, official sources informed.

According to Labour and Social Development Minister Alma Cortes, as many as 24,401 children and adolescents joined that category in the last year.

The 2008 National Poll on Child Labour had reported 89,767 children affected by this kind of activity. Amid this situation, the Committee for Eradication of Child Labour and Protection of Adolescent Workers, presided over by First Lady Marta Linares de Martinelli, called for a change of strategies.

More about child labor in Panama here.