| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 178,000 economically active children,
91,000 girls and 87,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 25.36%
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 159,000 economically active children, 81,000 girls
and 78,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 27.20% 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
* Many children help
their families on farms or in shops. Such employment of children is common
in urban shops, but rare in industrial enterprises. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The government is increasingly concerned about Laos children
being lured for sexual exploitation and slave labour in other countries.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Although there is no reliable data available on the scope and
severity of the problem of forced and bonded labour, there are indications
that the numbers are considerable. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* There is
no problem of child forced labour. (ILO-IPEC,
Country Paper: Laos, September 1999)
* Children are
trafficked from Laos to Thailand for prostitution and sweatshop
work. (ILO-IPEC,
Child Labour: Trends and Challenges in Asia, August 1997)
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* In 1996, there were
almost 200,000 foreign children from Burma, Laos and Cambodia who had been
trafficked in to Thailand for prostitution and work at construction sites
and sweatshops. (CATW Fact Book, citing "Trafficking
of children on the rise", Bangkok Post, 22 July 1998, citing IPSR)
*
80,000 women and children have been trafficked to Thailand for prostitution,
since 1990. The highest numbers are from Burma, followed by the
Yunnan province of China, and Laos.
(ILO-IPEC,
Combating Trafficking in Children for Labour Exploitation in the
Mekong Sub-region, October 1998)
ADULT
STATISTICS
*
1 million women trafficked in Thailand from Laos, Burma, China,
and Vietnam. (CATW,
The Fact Book on Global Sexual Exploitation, 1999)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Girls are lured from
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and south China for the sex markets in Thailand or
to be diverted to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. ("Human
Trafficking: Gangs make Thailand a regional hub", Bangkok Post, 6 September
2000, reprinted in Stop Trafficking Archive, September 2000)
* There are reports that children from Laos are used for sexual exploitation
and slavery abroad. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
There is no problem of child trafficking.
(ILO-IPEC, Country Paper: Laos, September
1999)
* There are
500 Chinese and 200 European women in prostitution in Bangkok, many
of whom entered Thailand illegally often through Burma and Laos.
Earlier reports, however, suggest there were thousands of foreign
women in the sex industry. (CATW Fact Book, citing
Sanit Meephan, "Thailand popular haunt for foreign prostitutes",
The Nation, 15 January 1997, citing Tourism Police Bureau)
* A 1996 study,
conducted at 40 commercial venues in Bangkok, Kulachada and Chaipipat,
found trafficking women and children from the Mekong countries -
China, Burma, Laos and Cambodia to be increasing. The largest groups
of newly trafficked women into the sex industry are from Burma's
Shan state, and minority women from the Northwest border areas.
("New law targets human trafficking",
The Nation, 30 November 1997)
* Girls from
Thailand, Burma and Laos are trafficked into Malaysia.
(Child
Workers in Asia, January-June 1996)
* The high proportion
of child victims of prostitution in Thailand is aggravated by the
arrival of children lured and trafficked from Cambodia, China, Laos,
and Burma. (US
Dept of Labor, Prostitution of Children, 1996)
* Malaysia is
a receiving country for trafficked women from Indonesia, the Philippines,
Thailand, China, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Sri Lanka
and Laos. (CATW-Asia
Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific,
1996)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* In 1996, there were
almost 200,000 foreign children from Burma, Laos and Cambodia who had been
trafficked in to Thailand for prostitution and work at construction sites
and sweatshops. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Trafficking of children on the rise", Bangkok Post,
22 July 1998, citing IPSR)
ADULT STATISTICS
*
80,000 women and children have been trafficked to Thailand for prostitution,
since 1990. The highest numbers are from Burma, followed by the
Yunnan province of China, and Laos.
(ILO-IPEC,
Combating Trafficking in Children for Labour Exploitation in the
Mekong Sub-region, October 1998)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* There are reports that children from Laos are used for sexual exploitation
and slavery abroad. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* According to domestic NGOs, girls between the ages of 12 and 18 are trafficked
from Burma, Southern China, and Laos to work in the commercial sex industry.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
The government is increasingly concerned about Laos children being
lured for sexual exploitation in other countries.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Children are
trafficked from Laos to Thailand for prostitution and sweatshop
work. (ILO-IPEC,
Child Labour: Trends and Challenges in Asia, August 1997)
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| Children
in Crime |
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* The minimum age
for conscription is 15 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)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* There are
indications of under-18s in government armed forces. Some sources
claim that the age for compulsory recruitment may be as low as 15.
There are internal conflicts with armed opposition groups and given
the extent of child participation in neighbouring conflicts, there
is a risk of child recruitment by armed groups. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
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