| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 455,000 economically active children,
213,000 girls and 242,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 31.30%
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 390,000 economically active children, 179,000 girls and 211,000
boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 32.90% of this age
group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* There were
reports that trafficking in children for forced labour is a serious
problem. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* The pre-1991
Penal Code prohibits trafficking; however, there were some reports
of trafficking during the year. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* In July Djibouti law
enforcement authorities arrested members of a group that was smuggling Somali
women to such destinations as Lebanon and Syria to work in brothels. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* The number
of women being trafficked from Somalia appears to be small. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* There were
reports that trafficking in children for forced labour is a serious
problem. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
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| Children
in Crime |
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| Child
Soldiers |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* Boys who have joined
militia groups are reported to be in the 14-18 age group, In this regard,
an overall Youth Survey conducted by UNICEF in 1998 shows that only 1%
of children between 14 and 18 years of age work in militia/security staff,
and nearly all of them in the Central Zone. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing UNICEF)
NOTES ON
OPPOSITION GROUPS
*
No functioning national government but children as young as 14 are
known to volunteer. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
The US State Department continues to report "boys as young
as 14 or 15 years of age have participated in militia attacks, and
many youths are members of the marauding gangs knows as 'morian'
or 'parasites' or 'maggots'. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing US State Department,
Human Rights Report 2000.)
*The UN independent
expert on Somalia has reported that children under the age of 15
are recruited by the militias, and some faction leaders recruit
children as young as 10 years of age to serve as personal bodyguards.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*All of the factions involved in the fighting are reported
to use child soldiers. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing AI, Solomon Islands:
A Forgotten Conflict, 9/00)
*The
use of child soldiers, including some as young as 10, is widespread
by all forces involved in the conflict. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
Children below 18 are in the Ali Mahadi rebel group. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing All Africa Press Service, 14 July 1997)
*
Children below 18 are in the United Somali Congress or Aideed. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing Reuters, 17 October 1995)
* Some Somali Liberation
Army (SLA) gunmen were as young as 11 years. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing Reuters, 17 October 1995)
* Children who are
seen with militia often work as servants, cleaning, washing, buying cigarettes
etc., and they are not commonly seen armed. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing UNICEF)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
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