TOTAL POPULATION 16,064,000
CHILD POPULATION 6,907,520 |
Population Reference Bureau -2004 |
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TOTAL CHILD LABOUR
During the year 1999-2003, UNICEF projected a total Child Labour of 8169180 in the age group 5-14 yrs. |
State of World's Children 2005, UNICEF |
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION
In 2010, the economically active population is estimated to be 7,800,000 of which 405,000 would be children in the age group 10-14 yrs. This represents 18.3% of children in that age group |
ILO, Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population |
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GENDER RATIO
990 females for 1000 males |
CIA, factbook-2005 (Fig is an estimate for 2005) |
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CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL
Data Not Available |
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PROGRESS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION MDG
Data Not Available |
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CHILD SLAVERY
Children are trafficked for forced labor on cocoa plantations. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
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CHILD TRAFFICKING
Cameroon is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Most trafficking is internal and children are at greatest risk.
Children are trafficked to the United Kingdom for commercial sexual exploitation.
Cameroon is a destination country for Nigerian children trafficked and exploited in commercial agriculture, prostitution, and street vending, or in small shops. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
| According to a 2000 study sponsored by the International Labor Organization, some 550,000 children are allegedly victims of the human trade and/or of the worst forms of labour in Cameroon. Among them, 33.1% work in the domestic sector, 19.8% are hawkers, 7% work in restaurants, bars and eating-houses, 7% in prostitution and the remainder work in markets and car washes. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
| Girls were internally trafficked from the Adamawa, North, the Far North provinces, and from the Northwest Province to Douala and Yaounde to work as domestic servants, street vendors, or prostitutes |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
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CHILD PROSTITUTION & PRONOGRAPHY
Children are trafficked to the United Kingdom for commercial sexual exploitation.
According to the World Organisation Against Torture, prostitution is becoming commonplace in Cameroon and numerous children are sexually abused or exploited by their guardians. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILDREN USED IN CRIME
No Confirmed Data |
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CHILD SOLDIERS
There were no reports of under-18s in government armed forces, although under-18s could volunteer with parental consent. |
CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
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CHILD LABOUR IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
According to a 2000 study by the ILO and Ministry of Labor, child labor existed chiefly in urban areas and in the informal sector such as street vending, car washing, agricultural work, and domestic service.
According to statistics from the Ministry, 72.2 percent of girls between the ages of 6 and 14 were enrolled in school, compared with 81.3 percent for boys of the same age group. |
US Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2004, February 2005 |
| Children are also employed in the cocoa industry and engage in certain hazardous tasks such as application of pesticides and use of dangerous tools like machetes. |
The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. |
