| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* According
to the ILO/IPEC, 6.47 percent of children between the ages of 10
and 14 work. Local NGO's note that the figure is imprecise and could
be as high as 10 percent. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001,
March 2002)
* For
the year 2000, 275 children between 0-9 years, 12619 children between
10-14 years and 473493 children between 15-19 years were economically
active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2001)
* For the year
2000, the ILO projects that there will be 80,000 economically active
children, 60,000 girls and 20,000 boys between the ages of 10-14,
representing 2.40% of this age group. (ILO,
International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically
Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* The economically active
population between the ages of 10-14 years are 214,238. (ILO-IPEC,
El trabajo infantil en America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999)
* Government census figures
indicate that about 5% of children between the age of 6 and 14 are employed,
most with older family members. Local NGOs note that the figure is imprecise
and could be as high as 10%. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* A UNICEF report states
that 252,000 children between the ages of 6 and 14 were employed: 183,500
in urban areas and 68,500 in rural areas, principally harvesting tea and
tobacco. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000, citing UNICEF Report, 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 149,000 economically active children, 65,000
girls and 84,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 4.53%
of this age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
LOCAL
STATISTICS
* In 1999 in the greater Buenos Aires area, 12,500 children age
14 and below were in the work force. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001,
March 2002)
* In 1999 in the
greater Buenos Aires area, 12,500 children age 14 and below were in
the work force. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February
2001)
*
21% of the children who work in the city of Posada are between 6-9 years,
24% between 10-12 years and 55% between 13-14 years. Of these 57% are boys
and 43% girls. (ILO-IPEC, El trabajo infantil
en Argentina, 1994)
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children are employed
in brick kilns, bakeries, in the agricultural sector and in other informal
activities like newspaper vending and shoe polishing. (ILO-IPEC,
El trabajo infantil en Argentina, 1994)
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| Child
Slavery |
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| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* The Directorate
of Migration estimates that there are approximately 400 rings of alien
smugglers and purveyors of false document operating within the Dominican
Republic. These individuals profit by facilitating the trafficking of women
to Spain, Netherlands, and Argentina under false pretenses, for purposes
of prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Foreign women in
'call girl' prostitution in Italy are from Poland, Russia, Colombia and
Argentina and to a lesser extent from Brazil, Hungary, Romania and the
Philippines. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Migrant Information Programme, "Trafficking in Women
for Sexual Exploitation to Italy", IOM, June 1996)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* The number of prostituted
children are reported to be increasing at an alarming rate and their average
age is decreasing. (ECPAT
International, A Step Forward, 1999)
* The Directorate
of Migration of the Dominican Republic estimates that there are approximately
400 rings of alien smugglers and purveyors of false documents operating
within the country. These individuals profit by facilitating the trafficking
of women to Spain, Netherlands and Argentina under false pretenses, for
purposes of prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Argentina
has a well-documented child sex trade related with the thriving
sex-tourism sector. (June Kane, Sold for Sex, Aren Ashgate Publising Limited Gower House, 1998)
* Argentina is one
of the favoured destinations of paedophile sex tourists from Europe and
the United States. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Global law to punish sex tourists sought by Britain
and EU", The Indian Express, 21 November 1997).
* Child victims of
prostitution are present in large numbers. (US
Dept of Labor, Prostitution of Children, 1996)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL
JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS
* In 1998 there
were 44,825 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 20.53%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 278 cases of
murder (17.25% of all murders), 4,900 cases of serious assault (15.66%
of all cases), 60,637 cases of all types of theft (39.12% of all
cases), 12,780 cases of aggravated theft (21.56% of all cases),
2,271 cases of robbery and violent theft (25.67% of all cases),
1,518 cases of breaking and entering (12.16% of all cases), 10,406
cases of theft of motor cars (29.28% of all cases), 9,959 cases
of other theft (25.64% of all cases), 389 cases of fraud (2.27%
of all cases), 61 cases of counterfeit currency offences (7.23%
of all cases), 1,302 cases of drug offences (21.44% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* The minimum
age for conscription is 19 years. (Guy Goodwin-Gill and Ilene Cohn, Child Soldiers, The Role of Children in Armed Conflicts, A Study on Behalf of the Henry Dunant Institute, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* UNICEF estimated
that 252,000 children under 15 years of age were working and of
these one third were domestics in urban areas. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Commercial Agriculture
- In a 1997 report, UNICEF stated that of 252,000 children between the
ages of 6 and 14, 68,500 employed in the rural areas, principally harvesting
tea and tobacco. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Mechanic Workshops
- Of the 400 workers in mechanic workshop in the city of Santiago of Esteco,
10% are below 14 years. (ILO-IPEC, El trabajo
infantil en Argentina, 1994)
* Street Children
- A study by UNICEF speculates the existence of some 30,000 street children
in the urban centres of the country. (ILO-IPEC,
El trabajo infantil en Argentina, 1994)
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