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Argentina - Child Labor The following indicators should be considered when conducting assessments of compliance (click on links for details): Legal Framework
Government Performance
Overall Outcomes
Associated Factors
Sources International Sources ILO Yearly data of Total and Economically active population, Employment, Unemployment, Hours of Work, Wages, Labour Cost, Consumer Price Indices, Occupational Injuries, Strikes and Lockouts: 1969-2002 This source provides estimates and projections for the economically active population by age ranges, including 10-14 and 15-19, disaggregated by gender. Information on methodology can be obtained in Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics (4th edition, 1996) athttp://laborsta.ilo.org/applv8/data/ssm10/smst10.pdf
This database supplies information on national labor administrations. This source provides quantitative data on a set of 20 core labor market indicators. KILM 1 provides data on labor force participation rates by gender and age group. KILM 2 provides data on employment-to-population ratio. KILM 3 provides data on wage and salaried workers and self-employed workers (by gender). KILM 4 provides data on the proportion of workers (by gender) in agriculture, industry, and services. KILM 5 provides data on part-time workers (by gender). KILM 6 provides data on the number of persons working more than 40 hours a week as a percentage of total employment. KILM 7 provides data on urban informal sector employment (number of people employed by gender and percentage of urban employment by gender). KILM 8 provides data on the number of unemployed workers by gender and the unemployment rate for males/females. KILM 14 provides data on educational attainment of population 25 years and older, including tertiary education. KILM 15 provides data on nominal and real manufacturing wage indices for male/female. KILM 18 includes data on poverty and income distr Reports to the ILO Governing Body may contain information on country requests and participation in technical assistance projects. International Labor Organization Information on ratification status, Article 22 reports and comments from the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. This database contains information from governments, employers' and workers' organizations, that have a role to play under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. As part of the Follow-up to the Declaration, the ILO Director-General submits a Global Report on one of the four categories of fundamental principles and rights at work to the tripartite International Labour Conference each June. Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications. Each record in NATLEX appears in only one of the three ILO official languages (English/French/Spanish). ILOLEX is a trilingual database containing ILO Conventions and Recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, representations, complaints, interpretations, General Surveys, and numerous related documents. International Organization for Migration Compiling and analysing information from the media, governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, Trafficking in Migrants aims at improving the exchange of information on migrant trafficking. Published quarterly by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Trafficking in Migrants includes sections on trends, policies, meetings, publications, and networking activities. Social Watch Provide qualitative information related to poverty, equality, and education. UN Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Statistical tables provide quantitative data related to poverty and economic development, gender, and education. UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Provide statistics and information on economic and labor conditions, including laws and their enforcement governing wages, hours, and occupational health and safety and information related to discrimination and education. UN Development Program (UNDP) Human development indicators provide quantitative data related to poverty, gender development, and education. Ratifications of core labor standard conventions are also provided. See also indicators on millenium development goals and technical notes. UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The Institute for Statistics collects quantiative information on education (access and participation, resources, literacy and attainment). See also metadata for source notes and definitions. UNICEF Statistics section provides a snapshot of economic and social indicators (from the State of the World's Children Reports). United Nations Includes State Party Reports and the Conclusions and Observations of UN Committees relating to the CCPR, CEDAW, CERD, CESCR, CMW, CRC. World Bank This database provides country specific information related to education. This database provides gender-related information on health, labor force participation, and educational attainment by country and region. Provides statistical information on poverty and economic development, gender, child labor, and education. Includes information on definitions and sources. National Sources Comisin Nacional para la Erradicacin del Trabajo Infantil (CONAETI) Includes statistics, legislation and reports relating to child labor in Argentina. Consejo Nacional de la Mujer Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. Ministry of Labor, Argentina Includes links to national statistics, legislation, information on collective bargaining, labor inspection and other resources. Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. National Council for Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. National Institute of Statistics and Census Abridged information available in English, but Spanish version is much more comprehensive. National Institute of Statistics and Censuses The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) is the technical government agency responsible for the coordination and supervision of all public statistical activities taking place in the Argentine territory. (An abridged English version of the webiste is available). Superintendence of Labour Risks Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. U.S. Government Sources U.S. Department of Labor The Foreign Labor Trends (FLT) report series is designed to be an informative and authoritative source of information on labor institutions, practices, and recent key developments in the countries reported. The report is divided into two parts. Part One compares available data on education and military expenditures by national governments for the period between 1990 and 2001. Part Two presents the financial contributions of the major international financial institutions (IFIs) since 1989 to basic education and child labor programs.
The report describes the efforts of nearly 150 countries and territories to meet their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. U.S. State Department Section 6 covers Workers' Rights, including "Status of Child Labor Practices and Minimum Age for Employment" and "Acceptable Conditions of Work Nongovernmental Organizations Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales Under "Documents" can be found "Presentation before the Committee on the Rights of the Child," which discusses national child laws and the situation of working children. The report, "Argentina: Shadow Report from the NGOs to CEDAW Committee" touches on discrimination and equality, and trafficking. The "Publications" section includes annual reports on human rights which may be ordered. Child Rights Information Network The information network compiles information regarding the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights according to theme and country. Themes include child rights, armed conflict, disability, discrimination, education, health, HIV/AIDS, juvenile justice, macroeconomics, media, sexual exploitation, UN special session on children, and violence against children Childwatch International Research Network This NGO website compiles links to child research data and information on key institutions by region Defense for Children International, Documentation Centre Bibliographical Database is accessible on-line, which is full text indexed and contains juvenile related materials available at the DCI Documentation Centre, which will deliver requested items. General Confederation of Labor Potentially useful information available in Spanish only. Human Rights Watch These reports detail the problem of child soldiers and make recommendations for solutions. Country reports examine the most pressing human rights issues in each country. These differ for each country, as do the frequency of the reports for each country. Instituto Social Y Politico de la Mujer Under "Documentos" are papers that discuss women's work and other women's issues. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Brief country-specific reports on issues of compliance with internationally recognized core labor standards. The 2003 edition of the Annual Survey details violations of trade union rights in 133 countries during the year 2002. These violations range from provisions in national legislation which restrict legitimate trade union activity, through outright bans on freedom of association, to intimidation, wrongful detention, torture and murder of trade unionists. International Save the Children Alliance This NGO website provides information about its activities and opinions about children's rights issues Lawyers Committee for Human Rights This database contains approximately 2,500 units of measurement on workers rights, extracted from approximately 100 public and confidential source documents including guidelines and questionnaires used by monitoring organizations, multinational corporations, and trade associations; public reports by governmental bodies and non-government organizations; public corporate reports; and others. Database provides indicators and source lists, but no specific data. Social Accountability International SA8000, a voluntary workplace standard patterned on those of the International Organization of Standardization was created in 1997 by the Council on Economic Priorities (a U.S. NGO), and is administered by another NGO, Social Accountability International (SAI). Solidar Updates include news snippets on trade and labor standards, with special attention to the role of the European Union in the WTO Academic and Other Research Gleditsch, N.P., Wallensteen, P., Eriksson, M., Sollenberg, M., and Strand, H. The Conflict Data project at Uppsala University has collected data on all conflicts with more than 25 battle-deaths, internal and external, from the end of the Cold War.
Martin Rama and Raquel Artecona The cross-country database presented in this paper represents an attempt to organize labor market information from a wide variety of sources in a ready-to-use format. Understanding Children's Work Child labor survey information by country, age and topic. Links to data or contact information to acquire data are provided. Data are accessible by country for children's activities, health information, and working hours Various reports are available on child-labor related topics |
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