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Belize - 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
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. ILO-IPEC National reports are available with child labor statistics and information on causes, incidences, and consequences of child labor based on SIMPOC surveys.
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 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 BelizeLaw, Belize Potentially useful information on laws, available in English Central Statistical Office Under "Statistics" can be found information on the labor force and the unemployed. Under "Publications" are reports on children's work. Government, Belize Potentially useful information available in English 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 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 The annual trafficking report includes those countries determined to have a significant number of victims of severe forms of trafficking. The narratives provide an overview of the trafficking situation in the country and the government's efforts to combat trafficking. The narratives do not include extensive details, comprehensive information about the countries or their governments, or the extent of anti-trafficking activities undertaken by non-governmental entities. Nongovernmental Organizations 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 Human Rights Watch These reports detail the problem of child soldiers and make recommendations for solutions. 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. 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.
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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