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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children In the
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Mauritius www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mauritius.html [accessed 19 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/mauritius.htm [accessed 20 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The ILO estimated that 1.4 percent of children ages 10 to 14 years
in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61582.htm [accessed 20 February 2011] CHILDREN - The government placed strong
emphasis on the health and welfare of children and displayed a commitment to
expand educational opportunities for children. The Ombudsman for Children's
Issues ensured that the rights, needs, and interests of children were given
full consideration by government, private authorities, individuals, and
associations. During the year the Education Act
increased the age of free, universal, and compulsory education from age 12 to
age 16. Authorities treated girls and boys equally at the primary, secondary,
and post-secondary levels. The majority of children finished secondary
education. More than 90 percent of primary students attended school. The government provided full
medical care for both boys and girls Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 11 October 1996 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/mauritius1996.html [accessed 1 March 2011] [11] The Committee is concerned at
the insufficient attention paid, at both national and local levels, to the
need for an efficient monitoring mechanism that could provide a systematic
and comprehensive compilation of data and indicators on all areas covered by
the Convention and in relation to all groups of children, especially those
who are victims of child abuse, ill-treatment or child labor or the
administration of juvenile justice, as well as the girl child, children of
single-parent families and those born out of wedlock, abandoned,
institutionalized and disabled children, and children who, in order to
survive, are living and/or working in the streets. [12] With regard to the
implementation of article 4 of the Convention, the Committee notes with
concern the inadequacy of measures taken to ensure the implementation of
children's economic, social and cultural rights to the maximum extent of
available resources. The Committee is particularly concerned at the
insufficient measures and programs for the protection of the rights of the
most vulnerable children, especially children who are victims of abuse,
children of single parents, children born out of wedlock, abandoned children,
disabled children, children living in poverty and children who, in order to
survive, are living and/or working in the streets. The Committee is also
concerned at the lack of disaggregated data in relation to budgetary allocations
for children. Consortium for Street Children Consortium for Street Children 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June 2011] In 2003, UNICEF ended their
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