| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
0.42% of children between the ages of 10-14 will be economically
active.
(ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, 0.46% children between the ages of 10-14 years were economically
active. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Government agencies
and NGOs acknowledge that child labour and child prostitution are growing
concerns. (ILO Caribbean Office, Country
Profile: Suriname, February 1999)
|
| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* There were no reports
of bonded or forced labour practices. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATION
* There were credible
reports of trafficking in women and girls for prostitution. Women and girls
from the interior are brought to the capital city and also to various gold
mining locations in the interior. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Several clubs in the
capital are known for recruiting women from Brazil and the Caribbean.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Alien smuggling
organisations use the country as an intermediate destination to smuggle
Chinese nationals, including women and girls, to the United States, where
frequently they are forced into bonded labour situations.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Some children are sexually
exploited. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Government agencies
and NGOs acknowledge that child labour and child prostitution are growing
concerns. (ILO
Caribbean Office, Country Profile: Suriname, February 1999)
* There were credible
reports of trafficking in women and girls for prostitution. Women and girls
from the interior are brought to the capital city and also to various gold
mining locations in the interior. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
- |
| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children under 14
years of age work as street vendors, newspaper sellers, or shop assistants.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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