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United States Department of State Report on Trafficking in Persons – Chile Chapter

CHILE (Tier 2) Chile is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Chilean women and children are exploited in sex trafficking within the country, as are women and girls from other Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia. ... Read More»

Open Call for 2014 Chile Fulbright Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees from U.S. universities

We are pleased to announce two opportunities offered by the Fulbright Commission. The 2014 Chile Fulbright -Chile 2014 Call for scholarships at U.S. universities for Master teachers from public schools, private schools subsidized and regulated by the DL 3166. This opportunity is open to teachers of primary and secondary education. Furthermore, the Commission for Educational ... Read More»

International organizations, embassies and NGO’s convoke conference on “Action Day Against Trafficking in Persons”

The Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, formed by 33 civil society groups, international organizations and embassies from an array of counries, are organizing an international conference on the “Action Day Against Trafficking in Persons.” The goa lis to create awareness and promote opportunities for greater cooperation among countries, government agencies, and civil society to ... Read More»

Director of Early Learning Education for Boston Public Schools speaks at UDP Conference on Early Childhood Education and Development

U.S. speaker Jason Sachs, Ph.D., Director of Early Learning Education for Boston Public Schools, is visiting Chile January 8-11 through a grant from the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section to the School of Education of University Diego Portales (UDP). Dr. Sachs, who has extensive experience in building early childhood systems and in research and evaluation, ... Read More»