Statistics on Working Children and Education Children Age Percent

In 2012, Guinea-Bissau made a minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. From January until April, 2012 when a military coup took place, the Government continued to participate in the ECOWAS project, which works to combat the worst forms of child labor. The Government also collaborated with multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, to support its food security efforts and educational initiatives. However, since the coup, Government efforts to address child labor have stalled. Consequently, Guinea-Bissau has neither established a list of hazardous occupations that are prohibited for children, nor provided enforcement officials with appropriate training and resources to monitor, investigate, and prosecute cases of child labor. Children continue to engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in dangerous activities in agriculture and forced begging