TOTAL POPULATION 1,684,000
CHILD POPULATION 673,600 |
Population Reference Bureau -2004 |
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TOTAL CHILD LABOUR
In 2001, the ILO estimated that 13.95 percent of children aged 10 to 14 years in Botswana were working. |
US Department of Labor 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour |
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION
For the year 2010, there are estimated to be 723,000 economically active people. Of them 21,000 children aged 10-14 or 10% of children in this age group are estimated to be economically active |
ILO, Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population |
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GENDER RATIO
1041 females for 1000 males |
CIA, factbook-2005 (Fig is an estimate for 2005) |
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CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL
Children out of school is 60,900 in 2001. |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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PROGRESS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION MDG
With an EDI of 0.863, The country's level of progress towards achieving education for all by 2015 is medium. |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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CHILD SLAVERY
The Government does not prohibit forced and compulsory labor, including by children; however, there were no reports that such practices occurred. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004 |
| In remote areas, young children reportedly work as cattle tenders, domestic servants and babysitters. |
The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. |
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CHILD TRAFFICKING
The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons, although penal code provisions cover such related offenses as abduction and kidnapping, slave trafficking, compulsory labor, and procuring women and girls for the purpose of prostitution. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
| During the year, there were reports that poor rural children were taken from their homes under false pretenses and forced to work as maids or cattle herders. And there were reports that some children who were orphaned by HIV/AIDS became prostitutes in urban areas. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
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CHILD PROSTITUTION & PRONOGRAPHY
Childline, an NGO based in Gaborone, reports the existence of child prostitution on the border road between South Africa and Botswana. Young girls from the surrounding areas engage in sex for survival and many of them are suspected to be orphans running child headed households. Most of the sex exploiters in this particular area are truck drivers on the way to or from South Africa
According to several different sources - Young girls engaging in prostitution are particularly evident when large groups of foreigners or tourists arrive in the city hotels for conferences.
According to NGO and media reports the problem of sexual harassment of children from teachers is a national concern. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
Child prostitution is also reported to occur on the border road between South Africa and Botswana and in tourist areas.
In urban areas, increasing numbers of street children, many of them HIV/AIDS orphans, allegedly engage in begging and prostitution. |
The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. |
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CHILDREN USED IN CRIME
No Confirmed Data |
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CHILD SOLDIERS
There was no evidence of under-18s in the armed forces. However, the lack of formal age qualification for volunteers indicates that under-18s could be enlisted. |
CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
| There was no evidence of child recruitment in the armed forces. However, it was unclear how volunteers’ exact ages were determined. |
CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
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CHILD LABOUR IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
No Confirmed Data |
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