| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000,
the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children
between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* In 1995, there
were 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Violations of
child labour laws occur in rural areas during the cotton harvesting
season, when teenagers work in the fields and children as young as
10 years of age sometimes help with the harvest. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* A 15-year-old
child may work 4 to 6 hours per day but only with the permission
of the trade union and parents. This permission rarely is granted.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATION
* Diplomats and
businessmen from the UAE have been caught with slaves they have smuggled
into the United States. (American Anti-Slavery
Group, Jesse Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000)
* Mauritanian slaves
are sometimes exported to Sheiks in Qatar and the UAE. (American
Anti-Slavery Group, Jesse Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000, citing
Moctar Teyeb, Tikkun Magazine)
* No cases of forced
child labour are known. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
*
19,000 Pakistani children have been trafficked to the United Arab Emirates.
(CATW
Fact Book, citing SANLAAP India, Indrani Sinha, "Paper on Globalization
& Human Rights")
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
*
UAE is a destination country for trafficked persons. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Boys are trafficked from Pakistan and Bangladesh for use as camel jockeys
in UAE's camel racing industry. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Women are trafficked from the New Independent States, Africa, Iran, and
Eastern Europe for sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Men and women from South and East Asia travel to UAE to work as domestics
and have reported being forced into indentured or domestic servitude or
sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Diplomats and businessmen from the UAE have been caught with slaves they
have smuggled into the United States. (American
Anti-Slavery Group, Jesse Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000)
* Mauritanian slaves
are sometimes exported to Sheiks in Qatar and the UAE. (American
Anti-Slavery Group, Jesse Sage, e-mail to GMIS, 6 November 2000, citing
Moctar Teyeb, Tikkun Magazine)
* There have been
reports in recent years that underage boys are smuggled into the country
and used as camel jockeys. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25
February 2000)
* There is a growing
problem with trafficking in women and girls from Kyrgystan, mostly
to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, for the purpose of forced
prostitution. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25
February 2000)
* For many years,
boys, from the age of six and sometimes younger, have been trafficked
from countries in South Asia to the Gulf to supply the demand for
camel jockeys. (CWA,
Anti-Slavery International – Urgent Action on Child Labour,
"Child Camel Jockeys in the Gulf States", Child Workers
in Asia, Vol. 13, Nos. 2 & 3, April - September 1997)
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| Child
Prostitution and Pornography |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* 50% of women in
prostitution have been coerced into the sex industry while under the age
of consent. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Coalition for the Removal of Pimps (CROP) and EXIT, UK)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
*
There are unconfirmed, anecdotal reports of women from Turkmenistan travelling
to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and working as prostitutes,
especially before the U.A.E. tightened its entry visa requirements for
young women over the past few years. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
*
There is a growing problem with trafficking in women and girls from Kyrgystan,
mostly to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, for the purpose of forced
prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* It is not known
if there are under-18s in government armed forces due to lack of information
on voluntary recruitment age. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
ADULT STATISTICS
* There are an estimated 50,000 domestic workers.
(Committee of Asian Women, Asian Women Workers' Newsletter, January
1996)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC SECTORS
*
Camel Racing - According to credible sources, there were at least
25 cases during the year of underage camel jockeys who were repatriated
to their countries of origin, mainly Pakistan and Bangladesh. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001,
March 2002)
*
Camel Racing - There have been reports in recent years that underage
boys are smuggled into the country and used as camel jockeys. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999,
25 February 2000)
* Camel Racing
- In 1993, the law was introduced to fix the age of camel jockeys
as 15 years but this law is not effectively observed.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
* Camel Racing
- For many years, boys, from the age of six and sometimes younger,
have been trafficked from countries in South Asia to the Gulf to
supply the demand for camel jockeys. (CWA,
Anti-Slavery International – Urgent Action on Child Labour,
"Child Camel Jockeys in the Gulf States", Child Workers
in Asia, Vol. 13, Nos. 2 & 3, April - September 1997)
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