NATIONAL STATISTICS

* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 791,000 economically active children, 383,000 girls and 408,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 34.07% of this age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

* Child labour continues to be a pervasive problem. Nearly 1 in 3 children aged 7-14 works. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* In 1995, there were 688,000 economically active children, 334,000 girls and 354,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 35.83% of this age group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed its concern that child labour continues to be a serious problem in Madagascar. (UN CRC, Concluding observations on Madagascar, 1994)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* The law prohibits trafficking; however, there were reports that women and girls were trafficked to the nearby islands of Reunion and Mauritius for prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* The law prohibits trafficking; however, there were reports that women and girls were trafficked to the nearby islands of Reunion and Mauritius for prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed its concern over the insufficient measures taken to prevent and combat the incitement to child pornography as well as prostitution involving children living and/or working on the streets, particularly children who are victimised by tourists. (UN CRC, Concluding observations on Madagascar, 1994)

GENERAL JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS

* 2.4% of total prisoners are juveniles. (UNDP, Human Development Report, 1999)

* Madagascar has claimed that "no legal provision on national service or a state of national necessity requires children to take a direct part in hostilities". (CSUCS, Africa Report, April 1999, citing Report of Madagascar to the UN CRC, 13 September 1993)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* In urban areas, many children work as petty traders, casual transport workers, and beggars. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

SPECIFIC SECTORS

* Mining and Quarrying - In an IPEC survey, child workers were found in small-scale mines and quarries. (ILO, Small-scale Mines, 1999, citing unpublished ILO-IPEC Survey of Child Workers in Small-scale Gold Mining, 1998)