(65% vs 45% in urban areas) and among children aged 5-11 years (63% to 40% among children aged 12-14 years). 238. The practice of child labor, is also slightly more frequent in girls with 60% more, than boys, which amounts to 55%. A rate considered similar for the total number of children in this age group. 239. Low access to education, is also considered as one of the causes of child labor. The US Department of Labor in 2008 published some interesting data on child labor in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, especially in its worst forms. 240. The report indicated that children in the country work mainly in the informal sector, and in many urban areas they play the role of street vendors, shoe-shiners / cleaners or car washers. The same report adds that another type of work done by these children, is a domestic one, performed by some children, including orphans living with other families as domestic servants without any remuneration. 241. Despite these efforts, there are reports of children involved in child labor in the domestic, communities, fisheries, informal sectors, as well as in the formal sector, the highest concentration of child labor is in family businesses to support welfare and its economy. 242. The existence of girls street vendor, markets in different parts of the country, without studying, the use of children as beggars or accompanying persons with disabilities to ask for alms, child prostitution, all these, are other forms of using children to the detriment of their education and future. 243. In the capital of Bissau and in some cities in the regions, it is normal to see children selling water and other agricultural products in public places and in other places where it is not appropriate to be frequented by children. In places of evening entertainment it is also common to see children selling. 244. The Guinean tradition of entrusting childcare allowance to family members, results in their movement within the country in a process of which they become domestic servants or even sex workers within or outside the family. ___________________________ 11 US Department of Labor (2008 245. Child prostitution, internal and external trafficking of children for sexual exploitation and the use of child labor to pay family debts, are other problems that afflicting the Guinean child. 246. In some parts of Guinea-Bissau, it is common to find children who drop out from school to practice begging. And this phenomenon may be associated with an increase in the cost of living, taking into account that the majority of the population depends on subsistence agriculture and small commerce that cannot maintain the family's livelihood. It's a bleak scenario, but no one can stop this harmful phenomenon from happening to the child. "Associated with the process of regional integration and cross-border trade, children from Senegal and Guinea-Conakry, are 42