| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year
2000, 165320 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 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)
* 185,930 teenagers between
15-19 are economically active. (ILO, Yearbook
of Labour Statistics, 1999)
* The economically active
population in the age group of 12-14 years is 14,914. (ILO-IPEC,
El trabajo infantil en America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999)
* UNICEF estimated that
approximately 107,000 children between the ages of 12 and 19 are in the
work force. The Catholic Church's study estimated that some 50,000 children
under age 15 are working. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* A government study
estimated that 15,000 children between the ages of 6 and 11, and 32,000
children between the ages of 12 and 14 are in the work force. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Child labour is predominant
in agriculture and fishing (37%) and in the commercial sector and restaurants
(24%). The majority, i.e. 65.5%, work as labourers or employed dependents,
12.8% as self-employed and 10.8% as unpaid family workers. (ILO-IPEC,
El trabajo infantil en America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999)
* In 1996, around 15,000
children between the ages of 6-11 worked in Chile, 5,000 in regular labour
and 10,000 on an occasional basis. They represented 0.9% of the population
in their age group. (ILO-IPEC, El trabajo
infantil en America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999)
* In 1996, approximately
78,000 children between 15-17 years were incorporated in the labour force,
i.e. 9.7% of this age group. (ILO-IPEC, El
trabajo infantil en America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999, citing research
carried out by CASEN)
* 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)
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| Child
Slavery |
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| Child
Trafficking |
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* In 1992, there were
an estimated 4,200 cases of child prostitution between the age of 6 and
18, based on studies carried out by UNICEF and National Service for Minors
(SENANE). Presently, though there are no studies conducted, the offices
of the Ministry of Justice estimate that this figure had grown to roughly
10,000. (ILO-IPEC, El trabajo infantil en
America Latina - CD-ROM, August 1999)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* According
to a report to the Instituto Interamericano del Niño, Chilean
police claim that the pornography in circulation in Chile comes
from North America, Europe, India and Asia.
(ECPAT, CSEC Database
citing a report to the Instituto Interamericano del Niño,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* One report calls Chile a paradise country for paedophiles dealing
in child pornography because there is not effective enforcement
of the relevant legislation. One report calls Chile a paradise country
for paedophiles dealing in child pornography because there is not
effective enforcement of the relevant legislation. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* 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 8,756 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 4.38%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 38 cases of murder
(7.32% of all murders), 211 cases of serious assault (1.36% of all
cases), 8,740 cases of all types of theft (10.62% of all cases),
8,688 cases of aggravated theft (10.81% of all cases), 1,080 cases
of robbery and violent theft (9.39% of all cases), 7,658 cases of
breaking and entering (11.12% of all cases), 0 cases of other theft
(2.17% of all cases), 50 cases of fraud (0.64% of all cases), 42
cases of drug offences (1.99% 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 18 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)
NOTES ON
GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
There is no evidence of under-18s in government armed forces, however the
minimum age for voluntary recruitment is unclear and may be as low as 16.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
* Volunteers
from 16 years of age are in the armed forces. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing CSUCS, Americas Report, May 1999)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
LOCAL STATISTICS
* In Santiago,
5% of domestic workers are under 11, and 29% between 11 and 15.
(ILO-IPEC,
Mainstreaming Gender in IPEC Activities, 1999)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children
are engaged in sugar-cane, coal-mining, ceramics and fireworks.
(IWGCL, Working Children: Reconsidering the Debates,
1998)
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