| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children between
the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages of
10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* The minimum employment
age is 14 years and is strictly observed in the organised industrial sector.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Workers from
the Philippines, Ethiopia, India, Russia, and Belarus have reported
being forced into domestic servitude and sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
* Diplomats and businessmen
from Bahrain have been caught with slaves they have smuggled into the United
States. (American Anti-Slavery Group, Jesse
Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Bahrain is
a destination country for trafficked persons. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
* There are
reports that some foreign workers are recruited for employment on
the basis of fraudulent contracts and then forced into domestic
servitude or sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
* Diplomats and businessmen
from Bahrain have been caught with slaves whom they smuggled into the United
States. (American Anti-Slavery Group, Jesse
Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
- |
| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
NOTES ON
GOVERNMENT FORCES
* There are
no indications of under-18s in government armed forces. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
|
| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Some children work
in the market areas as car washers and porters. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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