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The ages of 5 and 14 are engaged in child labor; this statistic excludes older children. UNICEF, “United Republic of Tanzania Statistics,” http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/tanzania_statistics.html (accessed March 25, 2013). The United States Department of Labor reports that 27.9 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working. United States Department of Labor, “Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor,” 2011, http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/2011TDA.pdf (accessed April 1, 2013), p. 593. According to a 2006 government survey, about 70 percent of children were involved in economic activities including family farming while about 20 percent were classified as child laborers. National Bureau of Statistics, “Child Labour in Tanzania,” pp. xv-xvi. [37]“Hazardous Work,” International Labor Organization (ILO), Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment, http://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/hazardous-work/lang--en/index.htm (accessed February 28, 2013); “Mining: A Hazardous Work,” International Labor Organization (ILO), Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment, http://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/hazardous-work/WCMS_124598/lang--en/index.htm (accessed June 27, 2013). [38]Law of the Child Act, art. 82; Employment and Labour Relations Act, art.5 (3); The Mining (Environmental Protection for Small Scale Mining) Regulations, art. 15; see e.g. ILO-IPEC, “Tanzania, Children Labour in Mining”; IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis, “Gem Slaves,” video report, September 2006, http://www.irinnews.org/film/4119/ (accessed April 1, 2013). [39]See a 2002 International Labour Organization (ILO) report which indicated that in just three villages, up to 400 children were involved in small-sale mining in the highest season (the school holiday period). ILO-IPEC, “Tanzania, Children Labour in Mining,” p. x. [40]Human Rights Watch telephone interview with representative 2 from the International Labour Organization in Tanzania, May 9, 2013, email correspondence March 22 and 23, 2013. [41] ILO-IPEC, “Tanzania, Children Labour in Mining,” pp. 31, 41. [42]“Orphans,” UNICEF, accessed July 3, 2013, http://www.unicef.org/media/media_45279.html. UNICEF and global partners define an orphan as a child who has lost one or both parents. They
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