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Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS * For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
there will be 7,000 economically active children, 3,000 girls and
4,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 13.55% of this
age group.
(ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 7,000 economically active children between the ages
of 10-14, representing 14.20% of this age group. Of these, 3,000 were girls
and 4,000 were boys. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* In practice, the
Ministry of Justice and Labour enforces minimum age laws with limited success,
and that only in the urban, formal sectors of the economy.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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