| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 18,000 economically active children,
7,000 girls and 11,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 32.00%
of this age group. (ILO STAT, Working , 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 16,000 economically active children, 6,000 girls
and 10,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 33.90% of
this age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Underage youth perform
family farm work. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Slavery |
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* An international
trafficking network was broken up in Spain and 15 people arrested for allegedly
trafficking dozens of women from the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Columbia,
Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria to Spain, forcing them into prostitution.
(CATW Fact Book, citing "Spanish Prostitution
Ring Busted", AP, 18 April 1998)
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* A July 1998
UNICEF study stated that the country is a source for traffickers
that feed the domestic labour market in urban centers of countries
such as Cote d'Ivoire and Gabon. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001 citing UNICEF study)
* Suspected child
trafficking activities have also been identified in, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria,
Togo, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. These networks feed the domestic
labour market in the main urban centres of countries like Côte d'Ivoire,
Gabon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and the Congo.
(UNICEF, The Issue of Child Domestic Labour
and Trafficking in West and Central Africa, July 1998)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
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| Children
in Crime |
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* It has been asserted
that all men who are 18 years of age are liable for military service. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing War Resisters' International, The CONCODOC
Project, 1998)
NOTES ON
GOVERNMENT FORCES
* It is not known
whether there are under-18s in government armed forces as there appears
to be no legislation regulating the minimum recruitment age. There have
been no reports about the recruitment of under-18s. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* In cross-border
trafficking, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo are known to be the
main providers of child domestic labour to the main urban centres
of countries like Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
and the Congo. Suspected child trafficking activities have also
been identified in Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso.
(UNICEF, The Issue of Child Domestic Labour and Trafficking in West
and Central Africa, July 1998)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Street Vending -
Underage youth are engaged in street vending.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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