{"id":15422,"date":"2014-07-18T04:44:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T04:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bolivia-lowers-working-age-to-10\/"},"modified":"2014-07-18T04:44:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T04:44:15","slug":"bolivia-lowers-working-age-to-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bolivia-lowers-working-age-to-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia Lowers Working Age to 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Bolivia has lowered the legal working age to allow children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed.}}<\/p>\n

The law also permits 12-year-olds to be contracted to work for others. But they need parental authorisation.<\/p>\n

Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera said the new legislation reflects the needs of Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in South America.<\/p>\n

It also sets harsher punishment for violence against children.<\/p>\n

The law sets a sentence of 30 years in jail for child homicide.<\/p>\n

The measure, approved by Congress earlier this month, was signed into law by Mr Garcia in the absence of President Evo Morales, who was travelling to Brazil.<\/p>\n

“President Evo [Morales] intervened to make sure we found a balance between the reality and the law, between rights and international treaties,” added Mr Garcia.<\/p>\n

{{‘Other needs’}}<\/p>\n

More than 500,000 children already work to supplement the family income in Bolivia according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).<\/p>\n

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