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LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - In 2001, the government passed a measure banning all children under the
age of 17 years from being on the streets and working after 11 p.m.
This measure was undertaken by the Ministry of the Interior to curb growing
levels of prostitution, delinquency, and alcoholism among youths employed in
bars, grocery stores, and as street hawkers. The new law calls for
arrest of violators and fining of parents as punishment for violations. There is no available information assessing
the government’s enforcement or the impact of this measure. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The government devoted little
attention to children's rights or their welfare and had few policies in this
area, although it sponsored a few seminars, media programs, and announcements
on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2004 the parliament passed a
trafficking in persons law, focused almost
exclusively on trafficked children; however, no other provisions for the
welfare of children were legislated. There are instances of street
children living in the country. The average age was 10. They have been the
targets of police sweeps in an effort to reduce trafficking in persons. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
In June the government issued a decree relating to child labor, forbidding
the employment of children in street vending, car‑washing, and selling
or attending in bars and restaurants, but this law was rarely and only
periodically enforced. According to a 2001 child labor study by UNICEF, the
most recent information available, child labor existed primarily in the form
of children working as farmhands and market vendors in family businesses. In
addition during the year there were unconfirmed reports that foreign children
were used as market vendors by non-relatives and had no access to schooling. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2004 [56] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s ratification of ILO Conventions No. 138 and No. 182 in 2001 and
takes note of the adoption in 2004 of the new law against smuggling of
migrants and trafficking in persons. Nevertheless, it remains concerned at
the significant number of children, especially girls, working on the street
and as domestic servants and about the lack of effective implementation of
the labor laws and mechanisms to control child labor. [58] The Committee is concerned at
the growing number of child prostitutes in the streets of the State party’s
capital. It is also concerned that the State party’s report lacks specific
data on sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and information on
legislation on sexual exploitation. Consortium
for Street Children The poverty and status of street
children does not appear to be a concern of the government. Most international NGOs in the country are
currently focusing on street girls, because of the common discrimination they
face, along with dealing overall health issues and HIV care. Committee
On Rights Of Child Considers Report Of Equatorial Guinea Since the exploitation of
hydrocarbons in Committee On
Rights Of Child Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session Given the significant growth rate of
the gross domestic product in the State party, the Committee was deeply
concerned about the persistence of widespread poverty and the still high
number of children who did not enjoy the right to an adequate standard of
living, including adequate housing and other basic services. Child Labor Increasing in Equatorial Guinea According to more recent news from
the Equatorial Guinean opposition, the current crisis in the educational
sector effects more than 80 percent of the population, living in poverty and
without the means to send their children to foreign boarding schools.
According to the representative of UNICEF in Equatorial Guinea, 50 per cent
of school-age children do not attend primary school. All material used herein
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