Worst Forms of Child Labour Data

Sao Tome and Principe Region Africa
Population 144,000
Population under 18 77,000
Total Child Labour

NATIONAL STATISTICS

* 334 children are economically active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1998)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Mistreatment of children is not widespread. (US Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)

Child Slavery

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* The government prohibits forced and bonded labour by children, and the prohibition is respected. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

Child Trafficking -
Child Prostitution and Pornography -
Children in Crime -
Child Soldiers -
Domestic Child Servants -
Other Hazardous
Child Labour

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* On plantations, and in informal commerce, children do work, sometimes from an early age. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)


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