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Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
there will be 3,000 economically active children, 1,000 girls and
1,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 4.52% 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 3,000 economically active children, 2,000 girls
and 2,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 5.93% 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
* Children assist their
families in subsistence farming activities. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* There is no law
establishing a minimum age for employment, but child labour is not known
to occur. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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