| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
there will be 13,000 economically active children, 6,000 girls and
7,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 24.23% 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 14,000 economically active children, 7,000 girls
and 7,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 28.90% 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
* The law forbids
employment of children below 12 years of age. Children below 15 are barred
from work in industry or on ships, and those under 18 may not work underground
or in mines. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
|
| Child
Slavery |
- |
| Child
Trafficking |
- |
| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children as
young as 11 years old are involved in prostitution in the Solomon
Islands capital. Many children below the age 15 have to turn to
prostitution to survive. ("Pre-Teens
Involved in Solomon Islands Prostitution", PACNEWS/SIBC, 20 January
1999, reprinted in Pacific Islands Report)
|
| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
OPPOSITION
GROUP STATISTICS
* The Isatabu Freedom
Movement (IFM) is said to draw most of its fighters, estimated to number
between 300 and 2,000, from impoverished villages along the rugged Guadalcanal
south coast, known as the 'weather coast'. They have, at times, included
at least 100 child soldiers aged 12-17. (CSUCS,
Update 6, 19 October 2000, citing Amnesty International, Solomon Islands:
A Forgotten Conflict, September 2000)
NOTES
ON OPPOSITION GROUPS
* There have
been indications of under-18s participating in armed groups involved
in recent ethnic conflict. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
* Amnesty International
recently reported on the use of child soldiers by militant groups
involved in ethnic conflict between the Malaitan and Guadacanalese
communities. The IFM, a collective name for armed political groups
also known as "Guadalcanal militants", emerged between March and
October 1998. (CSUCS, Update 6, 19
October 2000, citing Amnesty International, Solomon Islands: A Forgotten
Conflict, September 2000)
|
| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* The law forbids
employment of children below 12 years of age. Children below 15 are barred
from work in industry or on ships, and under 18 may not work underground
or in mines. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
|
|
