The Committee is concerned...that the construction of the La Parota Dam would cause the flooding of 17.000 hectares of land inhabited or cultivated by indigenous and local farming communities, that it would lead to environmental depletion and reportedly displace 25.000 people...The Committee is deeply concerned about the poor working conditions of indigenous workers...[and] about the practice of employers in the maquiladora (textile) industry to require women to present non-pregnancy certificates...[and] about the severe restrictions in the [law] on the right to form and join trade unions...[and] the incidence of trafficking of women and children...[and] about the high percentage of children below the age of 16 who are engaged in child labour...[and] that existing housing programmes do not adequately address the housing needs of the poor...[and] about the lack of teachers in primary and secondary schools...