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Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 309,000 economically
active children, 146,000 girls and 163,000 boys between the ages of
10-14, representing 31.09% of this age group. (ILO, International
Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population
1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* The Ministry of Planning estimated in 1997 that in rural areas, approximately
66% of children between the ages of 7-14 were employed, and 91% of
the 15-19-year-olds. In urban areas, it was approximately 19% in the
7-14 age group and 50% between 15-19. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25
February 2000)
*
In 1995, there were 311,000 economically active children,147,000
girls and 164,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 34.03%
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
* Child labour in factories is not a prevalent problem because of
the low level of manufacturing. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25
February 2000)
* Working children
are found mostly in the informal sector in subsistence farming, petty commerce,
and small-scale mining. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Many families
entrust their children, mainly boys aged 5 or 6, to the care of
a religious leader, or marabout, with whom the boys live until the
age of 15-16. The children perform various tasks in the marabout's
school or household. Begging is considered to be part of the child's
learning process. (CWA,
"Child Prostitution in Vietnam", Child Workers in Asia,
Vol. 10, No. 3, July -September 1994)
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| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The law prohibits
trafficking in persons; however, some NGO's report that women and
children are trafficked within the country, as well as internationally,
for the sex trade and illegal labour. Accurate statistics are difficult
to obtain, because victims do not report the crime due to fear for
their personal safety. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Prostitution exists
in the informal economic sector and employs girls as young as 14 years
of age. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Children
in Crime |
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| Child
Soldiers |
NOTES ON
GOVERNMENT FORCES
* It is not
known whether there are under-18s in government armed forces due
to insufficient information on voluntary recruitment age. There
is no evidence of underage recruitment in Guinea. However, the detention
and ill-treatment of refugees in early September 2000 was reportedly
committed by Guinean authorities and "militant youths".
The age of these youths is not known, nor whether they were civilians
or armed forces members. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
* There is no evidence of underage recruitment in Guinea. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999)
NOTES ON
OTHER FORCES
* A 1997 report by
the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, an international
NGO, documented recruitment of the Sierra Leonean children from refugee
camps in Guinea to join the Kamajors, the Sierra Leonean government militia
organisation. (Human Rights Watch, Human
Rights Abuses Against Sierra Leonean Refugee Children in Guinea, submission
to the UN CRC, January 1999)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Refugee children
from conflicts in nearby Liberia and Sierra Leone can end up as domestic
workers in Guinea. They are not trafficked but displaced because of internal
conflicts. (Anti-Slavery
International, presentation to the Libreville Consultation, February 2000)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Working children
are found mostly in the informal sector including petty commerce, and small-scale
mining. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Mining and Quarrying
- Children are employed in diamond mines.
(ILO, Small-scale Mines, 1999, citing "La
main d'ocuvre infantile dans les mines de Friguiabegare", 1996)
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