| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 325,000 economically active children,
158,000 girls and 166,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 27.30%
of this age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* 20% of child workers
are under 10 years of age. (ILO,
Child Labour: What Is To Be Done?, June 1996)
* In 1995, there
were 327,000 economically active children, 160,000 girls and 167,000
boys between the ages of 10-14 years, representing 31.36% of this
age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* 48% of children
between the ages of 10-14 years are economically active.
(FNV, Eliminating
Child Labour, 1995)
*
425,914 children are estimated to be working. (ILO,
Child Labour Surveys,1992-1993)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Many children work
in their family's fields. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* The UN Committee
on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the number of working
children, particularly those working in the informal sector. (UN
CRC, Concluding observations on Senegal, 1995)
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| Child
Slavery |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* Nearly 500,000
minors work in virtual slavery conditions in Senegal.
(Jorge
Piņa, "Italy to Help Vulnerable Children in Senegal", IPS World News,
Rome, 29 May 2000)
* According to
studies by the Senegalese government, there are between 50,000 to
100,000 forced child beggars in Senegal alone.
(CWA,
"Child Prostitution in Vietnam", Child Workers in Asia,
Vol. 10, No. 3, July -September 1994)
*
21.8% of working children are working under slavery-like conditions.
(ILO,
Child Labour Surveys,1992-1993)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
*
Many families entrust their children, mainly boys aged five or six, to
the care of a religious leader, or marabout, with whom the boys (known
as talibe) live until the age of 15 or 16. Under the system, the children
are forced to beg as part of the 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
* A report on
the trafficking of children in West and Central Africa states that
children are being trafficked to and from Senegal to neighbouring
countries to work as domestics. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* According to UNICEF
Gambia, young girls from Senegal go to Gambia for sex work during
the peak tourist season. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Child prostitution
is rife and more evident in bars, tourist resorts, night-clubs and
restaurants. Boy prostitution is said to be on the increase too.
(ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* According to UNICEF
Gambia, young girls from Senegal go to Gambia for sex work during the peak
tourist season. (ECPAT, CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* It is difficult
to know the extent of child pornography but it is said to exist.
(ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* In May 2000,two
men from Holland were caught by the police making pornographic films
with children. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* Thai girls
are found to be working as prostitutes in Senegal.
("Thai
girls lured to sex trade in Africa", Bangkok Post, 24 August 1998)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* In 1998, the specific
offences of juvenile crime were: 10 cases of murder (8.25% of all murders),
146 cases of serious assault (9.67% of all cases), 282 cases of all types
of theft (11.98% of all cases), 120 cases of aggravated theft (12.94% of
all cases), 80 cases of robbery and violent theft (19.33% of all cases),
69 cases of breaking and entering (16.66% of all cases), 57 cases of other
theft (9.79% of all cases), 109 cases of fraud (6.48% of all cases), 4
cases of counterfeit currency offences (1.81% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
*
Enrolment into the army is based on voluntary recruitment. According to
the law, volunteers must be over 18 years to join the army, but in practice
this age has apparently been raised to 19 and even 22 years by now because
of the increasing demand. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing DCI-Senegal)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Sources claim that
no children have ever fought during the 20-years of conflict. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing UNICEF)
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
There are no indications of under-18s in government armed forces.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
The government has stated that there is no evidence of children
being used as soldiers in the conflict. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing Statement by the Ministry
of the Family and National Solidarity, Senegal at the International
Conference on War-Affected Children, Winnipeg Canada, 9/00.)
*
There is no evidence of any underage recruitment in Senegal. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999)
NOTES
ON OPPOSITION GROUPS
* The MFDC,
with an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 members, has never formally pledged
not to recruit children. It has been reported that children have
fought with the MFDC but no precise figures are available and there
is little evidence to support this. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing DCI-Senegal op. cit.
)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
*
Out of the total of 88,000 domestic workers, the number of children
between the ages of 6 and 18 is 33,73. Of these, 12,000 are less
than 14 years old.
(UNICEF, The Issue of Child Domestic
Labour and Trafficking in West and Central Africa, July 1998, citing
survey carried out in 1993 by the Statistical Department in Senegal)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
*
A report on the trafficking of children in West and Central Africa
states that children are being trafficked to and from Senegal to
neighbouring countries to work as domestics. (ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
*
The number of domestics under 15 years is growing.
(UNICEF, The Issue of Child Domestic Labour
and Trafficking in West and Central Africa, July 1998)
* There is concern
over girls working as domestic servants.
(UN
CRC, Concluding observations on Senegal, 1995)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Begging - There is
organised street begging by children. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Begging - According
to studies by the Senegalese government, there are between 50,000 to 100,000
forced child beggars in Senegal alone. (CWA, "Child Prostitution in Vietnam", Child Workers in Asia, Vol. 10, No. 3, July -September 1994)
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