The Buenos Aires Minister of Labor, Walter Correa, stated that the Government of the province of Buenos Aires will “relentless in defending the rights of our girls and boys”leading a day to Promote Access to Rights of the Provincial Commission for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor (Copreti), in the San José neighborhood of the Almirante Brown district of Buenos Aires.
The official participated last Friday in a tour by a node considered by the provincial commission as critical in the matter of child labor and spoke with the families present, whose main activity is the collection, recovery and recycling of urban waste, it was officially reported.
In this framework, Correa highlighted the work carried out by the Children’s House that works in this space “developing a task as noble as organizing the community” and remarked that from the area they will be “relentless in defending the rights and interests of our girls and boys.”
Access to information
During the day, which took place where at another time there was an open-air dump that was eradicated from policies deployed from the municipality, Work was also done on access to information and services by provincial and national agencies, especially those involved in the exercise and guarantee of children’s rights.
Together with Correa, for the Ministry of Labor in Buenos Aires, they were the Chief of Staff, Cecilia Cecchini, the Undersecretary of Employment, Mónica Muscolino, the Provincial Director of Employment, Franca Venturi, and the Executive Secretary of Copreti, Juan Brasesco.
The Children’s House works from Monday to Friday. and the girls and boys who attend, after school, receive food assistance and carry out workshops and recreational activities framed in a management that is strongly committed to inclusion and equal opportunities.
Meanwhile, during his visit to Admiral Brown, Minister Correa signed a Collaboration and Institutional Strengthening agreement with the Mayor of Almirante Brown, Juan José Fabiani, which will favor the promotion, coordination and territorial articulation of employment policies, programs and initiatives that are developed in the province of Buenos Aires.