Country profile AGO
Context
Context
| Year | Age group | Proportion | Gender | Indicator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5-17 | 8.923 | Male | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 10.434 | Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 9.666 | Male & Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 16.6 | Male | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 19.87 | Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 18.724 | Male & Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
National Legal Framework
National Legal Framework
| Provision | Legislation date | Convention | Legislation info | sources | Value | sort_order | Provision description | Legislation description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is the use, procuring or offering of children for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs, prohibited? | 1999-08-06 | C182 | Drug Trafficking Law 3/99 - Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7(i) | [{"link_name":"Drug Trafficking Law 3/99","source_link":"https://angolex.com/paginas/leis/lei-do-trafico-e-consumo-de-estupefaciente.html"}] | Yes | 11 | C182 prohibits the use, procuring or offering of children for illicit activities in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs. | According to sections 4, 5, 6 and 7(i) of Act No. 3/99 an agent who uses a minor for, notably, the fabrication, preparation, extraction, production, transportation, trafficking, exportation of drugs or psychotropic substances, is liable to imprisonment from 8 to 16 years. |
| Is the use, procuring or offering of a child for the purpose of prostitution and for production of pornography prohibited? | 2020-11-11 | C182 | Penal Code - Law 38/20 - Sections 195,198 | [{"link_name":"Penal Code - Law 38/20","source_link":"https://angolex.com/paginas/codigos/codigo-penal.html#a198"}] | Yes | 10 | C182 prohibits the use of a child under the age of 18 for prostitution, regardless of the child's consent. The use, procuring or offering of any person under the age of 18 for commercial sexual exploitation constitutes a worst form of child labour, even if prostitution is a legalised. In regard to the prohibition of child pornography, States need to make sure that national legislation addresses the involvement of a child in the production of pornographic materials, including non-recorded performances. | Section 198 of the Penal Code of 2020 provides for penalties of imprisonment for up to 10 years for the offences related to the using, promoting, facilitating or allowing minors under 18 years to participate in child pornography or acquiring, holding, offering, distributing, transmitting or broadcasting child pornography. “Child pornography” refers to any pornographic material that represents visually or audibly or virtually or real appearances of persons under 18 years of age in sexually explicit behaviour. Furthermore, Article 195 punishes anyone who promotes, encourages, favours or facilitates the practice of prostitution by a minor under 18 years of age or the repeated practice of sexual acts by a minor under 18 years of age. |
| Is forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18 for use in armed conflict prohibited? | 1993-03-26 | C182 | General Law of Military Service – Law 1/93 - Article 2 | [{"link_name":"General Law of Military Service","source_link":"https://angolex.com/paginas/leis/lei-geral-do-servico-militar.html"}] | Yes | 9 | C182 defines forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18 for use in armed conflict as a worst form of child labour. Nevertheless, C182 only prohibits the forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18, and does not cover the voluntary recruitment of children under 18. | Under the terms of the General Law of Military Service, "Angolan male citizens, from 1 January of the year in which they turn 20 years of age, until 31 December of the year in which they turn 45 years of age, are obliged to serve in the Armed Forces in the manner and terms established in this Law. Women over the age of 20 may voluntarily join the Armed Forces, in accordance with regulations for this purpose." |
| Is the sale and trafficking of children for sexual and labour exploitation prohibited? | 2014-02-10 | C182 | Law on the Criminalization of Infractions Surrounding Money Laundering - Section 19(2) ; Act No. 3/14 - Section 23 | [{"link_name":"-Law on the Criminalization of Infractions Surrounding Money Laundering","source_link":"https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/document/ago/2014/lei_sobre_a_criminalizacao_das_infraccoes_subjacentes_ao_branqueamento_de_capitais.html?"},{"link_name":"-Act No. 3/14","source_link":"https://lex.ao/docs/assembleia-nacional/2014/lei-n-o-3-14-de-10-de-fevereiro/"}] | Yes | 8 | C182 defines all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour as worst forms of child labour. | Section 19(2) of Act No. 3 of 2014 treats as a criminal offence the offering, provision, acceptance, transportation, reception or accommodation of a minor for sexual or labour exploitation, any of which is punishable by imprisonment of 8 to 12 years. Section 23 of Act No. 3/14 also establishes penalties for the trafficking of minors to foreign countries for sexual exploitation. |
| List of hazardous activities prohibited for children | 2022-12-01 | C138 & C182 | Joint Executive Decree No. 285/22 | [{"link_name":"Joint Executive Decree No. 285/22","source_link":"https://angolex.com/paginas/decreto-presidencial/lista-de-trabalhos-proibidos-ou-condicionado-a-menores-285a-22a.html#a4"}] | Yes | 7 | C138 and C182 require the national determination of a list of hazardous work prohibited for children under 18 years of age. The competent authorities should consult with workers' and employers' organizations to determine what types of employment or work are considered to be hazardous. Such a list shall be periodically examined and revised as necessary. | The Joint Executive Decree No. 285/22 contains a list of hazardous activities that children under the age of 18 years are prohibited from undertaking. |
| Minimum age for hazardous work | 2015-06-15 | C138 & C182 | General Labour Act - Article 256 | [{"link_name":"General Labour Act","source_link":"http://www.consuladogeralangola-porto.pt/download/pt/lei-geral-do-trabalho-de-angolaa.pdf"}] | 18 | 6 | C138 and C182 set 18 as the minimum age for hazardous work, which is defined as work that, due to its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to jeopardize children’s health, safety or morals. C138 and C182 allow countries to permit hazardous work exceptionally as from 16, provided that the health, safety and morals of the young persons concerned are fully protected and that they have received adequate specific instruction or training. | General Labour Act Article 256 provides that “minors” (persons over 14, but under 18 years of age) may not be engaged in work which is hazardous for their physical, mental and moral development. |
| Minimum age for admission to apprenticeship | 2015-06-15 | C138 | General Labour Act - Section 3(4) | [{"link_name":"General Labour Act","source_link":"http://www.consuladogeralangola-porto.pt/download/pt/lei-geral-do-trabalho-de-angolaa.pdf"}] | 14 | 5 | C138 does not apply to work done in school for general, vocational or technical education or in training institutions or work done by children at least 14 years of age in undertakings, where such work is carried out in accordance with conditions prescribed by the competent authority. Such work must be an integral part of: (i) a course of education or training for which a school or training institution is primarily responsible; (ii) a programme of training mainly or entirely in an undertaking, which programme has been approved by the competent authority; or (iii) a programme of guidance or orientation designed to facilitate the choice of an occupation or of a line of training. | Section 3(4) of the General Labour Act defines the apprenticeship contract as a contract whereby the industrial or agricultural employer or a craftsman undertakes to give or cause to be given methodical, complete and practical vocational training to a person who is between 14 and 18 years of age at the start of the apprenticeship. |
| Is the minimum age for admission to work not less than the age for completion of compulsory schooling? | 2016-10-07 | C138 | Basic Act on the Education System | [{"link_name":"-Basic Act on the Education System","source_link":"https://www.unicef.org/angola/media/1381/file/Lei%2013_01_Lei%20de%20Bases%20do%20Sistema%20de%20Educacao%20de%20Angola%202001.pdf"},{"link_name":"-CEACR Direct Request","source_link":"https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_COMMENT_ID,P13100_COUNTRY_ID:4116129,102999"}] | No information | 4 | C138 requires that the minimum age for admission to work shall not be less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling and, in any case, shall not be less than 15 years. | According to the Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted in 2021 on C138, the Committee had previously noted the adoption of the Basic Act on the Education System of 2016, which provides for compulsory schooling from 6 to 9 years, or up to the age of 14 or 15 years. Noting an absence of information in the Government’s report, the Committee once again requests the Government to specify which provisions of the Basic Act on the Education System, 2016 provide that the duration of compulsory schooling shall now be 9 years. |
| Light work - Determination of types and conditions of activities | 2015-06-15 | C138 | General Labour Act - Section 259 | [{"link_name":"General Labour Act","source_link":"http://www.consuladogeralangola-porto.pt/download/pt/lei-geral-do-trabalho-de-angolaa.pdf"}] | Yes | 3 | If the country chooses to allow light work, States must determine what activities are considered light work, and the hours and the circumstances under which they may be carried out. | Section 259 of Act No. 7/15 regulates the number of hours and conditions of light work by minors. |
| Minimum age for light work | 2015-06-15 | C138 | General Labour Act - Section 255 | [{"link_name":"General Labour Act","source_link":"http://www.consuladogeralangola-porto.pt/download/pt/lei-geral-do-trabalho-de-angolaa.pdf"}] | 14 | 2 | C138 defines light work as work that does not interfere with children’s schooling, or their ability to benefit from it, and that is not hazardous. C138 allows countries to permit light work for children younger than the general minimum age. For countries that set the minimum age at 15, this means children aged 13-14, and for those that set it at 14, children aged 12-13 may engage in light work. | Section 255 of the new General Labour Act No. 7/15 permits minors (defined as children between the ages of 14 and 18 (section 3(21)) to perform light work that does not involve great physical effort and which is not likely to harm their health and physical and mental development and which enables them to participate in education or training. |
| Minimum age for admission to work | 2015-06-15 | C138 | General Labour Act - Sections 3(21) and 254 | [{"link_name":"General Labour Act","source_link":"http://www.consuladogeralangola-porto.pt/download/pt/lei-geral-do-trabalho-de-angolaa.pdf"}] | 16 | 1 | C138 establishes 15 as the minimum age for work in general. Developing countries have the option of setting a minimum age of 14 as a transitional measure as they strengthen their education systems and economies. | Sections 3(21) and 254 of the General Labour Act authorise minors of 16 years and above to work with the tacit approval of their legal guardian. |
International Legal Framework
International Legal Framework
| Ratification status | Convention | Convention description | Date of ratification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in-force | C182 | Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) | 13-JUN-2001 | Source |
| in-force | C138 | Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) | 13-JUN-2001 | Source |
Policies and Plans
Policies and Plans
| Description | sources | Period | Policy name | Implementing agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The general objective of the PANETI is to take effective, immediate and integrated measures that facilitate the work of the different agents in the practical application of the rights of the child to combat child labour in its worst forms by the year 2025. It characterises child labour in Angola, listing international legislation, normative and national policies. In addition, it defines the respective specific objectives gathered in pillars, namely, to contribute to the harmonious development of children, prevention and eradication of child labour through social assistance and education, giving voice to children, communication, and PANETI monitoring and evaluation. | [{"link_name":"PANETI 2021-2025","source_link":"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ang205985.pdf"}] | 2021-2025 | National Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour (PANETI 2021-2025) | Ministry of Public Administration, Labour, and Social Security (MAPTSS) |
| According to the ILO CEACR Observation on C182, 2021, "The Committee notes from the concluding observations of the CRC on the application of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC) of 2018 that an Inter-ministerial Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons and a child abduction alert system were developed in 2014 and 2017 respectively and a National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Trafficking in Persons was adopted in 2018. | [{"link_name":"CEACR Observation","source_link":"https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_COMMENT_ID,P13100_COUNTRY_ID:4115746,102999:NO"}] | 2018 | Action plan to prevent and combat trafficking in persons | Inter-ministerial Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons |