Brazilian girls aging 6-14 admits having worked

A survey commissioned by the British NGO Plan International, which has been active in Brazil since 1997, reveals that approximately 14% of Brazilian girls from 6 to 14 years of age admit they work or have worked for third parties. The results were released on Wednesday (Sep 10), in Brasília.

The interviews surveyed 1,771 girls in five capital cities—Belém, São Luís, São Paulo, Cuiabá, and Porto Alegre, and 16 other cities within these five metropolitan regions.