Page 61 This exercise led to the production of a list of 568 private childcare centres in Cameroon. The aim is to make available to stakeholders in childcare (public and private services, development partners, the media, donors, charitable organizations…) a dynamic database to feed the children‟s social information network. Because of the sensitive nature and the extreme vulnerability of children in distress, coupled with the lack of moral training for social misfits, ethics and professionalism were priority criteria for the classification used for the three grades of assessment, A, B, and C. C. Children of Imprisoned Mothers The rule in Cameroon is that prison sentences are personal to the convict. Thus mothers cannot take their babies into prison with them even if it is nursing. Prison officials, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Civil Society have all put measures in place to keep the child from emotional trauma because of the absence of its imprisoned mother. D. Children Subjected to Exploitation and Violence 1. Economic Exploitation, including Child Labour (Article 15) The exploitation of children is a growing phenomenon in Central and West Africa. The Government of Cameroon has teamed up with the international community to eradicate the practice.  Normative and Institutional Framework a. Domestic Level Cameroon‟s lawmakers have taken measures to protect children from work that may be harmful to their growth. To this effect: - Night work shall be prohibited for children (article 82, paragraph 2) ; - No child shall be employed in an enterprise even as an apprentice before the age of 14 (fourteen) years, except as otherwise authorized by order of the minister in charge of labour, taking account of local conditions and the jobs which the children may be asked to do; - A young person under 18 (eighteen) years of age may, under no circumstances, be employed on board ship as a trimmer or stocker (article 86 paragraph 2-1 of the Labour Code);

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