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ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/tda/tda2006/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.pdf [accessed 25 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There is concern that child prostitution is becoming a larger
problem in CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - Research has not identified any policies or programs by
the Government of Saint Vincent and the Human Rights Reports » 2008
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119173.htm [accessed 25 December 2010] WOMEN - Although prostitution is
illegal, a local human rights group reported that it remained a problem among
young women and teenagers. The Protection Project - St.
Vincent & The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/vincent.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - The growth of the sex tourism industry in the Caribbean and FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Trafficking in women and
children for sexual exploitation is a growing concern in the entire Caribbean
region. Millions of children in the region are victims of commercial sexual
exploitation, sex tourism, pornography, underage domestic labor, and
trafficking. GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - The constitution of St. Vincent
and the Grenadines prohibits slavery and forced labor. The Employment of Women, Young Persons,
and Children Act of 1935 (as revised in 1990) makes the employment of children
in industrial undertakings and ships illegal.
Use of children and women for night work also is prohibited. The act
defines a child as a person younger than 14 years. Study of Child Vulnerability in UNICEF Office for www.unicef.org/barbados/cao_resources_vulnerability.pdf [accessed 25 July 2011] [page 14] STREET CHILDREN - Children living or working on the street were not
identified by the Coordinating Committee as a major area of vulnerability and
the issue did not emerge as a significant concern among respondents – adults
or children – interviewed for this study or during the National
Consultations. There appears to be no
data on the issue in the three countries, although information from the Division
of Human Services in St. Lucia suggested that some children were without
adult supervision. This leaves them vulnerable to sexual and other kinds of
abuses. In St. Vincent, the
Minister for Social Development, the Family, Gender and Ecclesiastical
Affairs has pointed to an increase in the number of street children and
proposed that laws be revised to prosecute their parents for child abuse and
neglect. His concern echoed that of the UNCRC Committee, which commented on
the sexual exploitation of children, including boys and street children, for
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