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Working                                     5-14 Years          39.8

Attending Class                          5-14 Years          48.9

Combining Work and School      7-14 Years          20.2

Primary Completion Rate                  -                      - 

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Many of the children in Somalia are from very poor families 

and have to work to pay for their family and/or their 

education, of the 250 million children worldwide, it is 

estimated that 32% work in Africa. Over 70% of the region 

lives and works in extremely poor conditions.

Africa is the poorest continent, and often considered the 

most affected by child labor. In Somalia it is estimated that 

up to half of children aged 5-14 are working.

Not only Somalia men are being used harsh-fully. 

Somalia women are also being treated awfully 

and are getting abused. Women are being sold 

and used for services. Women in Somalia became 

prostitute and had no further rights. Girls are 

also recruited to transport weapons and provide 

intelligence and logistical support. 

Somalia continued to lack nearly all elements 

necessary to address the worst forms of child 

labor, including a solid legal framework, law 

enforcement, policies, and programs. Children 

continue to engage in the worst forms of child 

labor, many of them in dangerous activities in 

agriculture and some as child soldiers

child soldiers in Somalia.

Boys as young as age 8 are bribed or forcibly 

taken from their homes, schools, and the 

streets to serve as soldiers.

CHILD MARRIAGE IN SOMALIA

Between 2000 and 2009, 45% of young women 

admitted to being married before the age of 18. 

Arranged marriages, often unknown to the future 

couple, are very common. Some girls run away from 

their families to escape this situation, which is highly 

disapproved of in Somali society.

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