Statistics on Working Children and Education Children Age Percent

In 2012, Mongolia made a minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The Government passed a new Law on Combating Trafficking in Persons and with local government agencies, implemented child protection programs that provided services to some children engaged in the worst forms of child labor. However, during the reporting year, the Government did not implement national programs to address child labor and trafficking and dissolved or failed to appoint the relevant coordinating committees. Enforcement mechanisms for reducing child labor are minimal, and gaps persist in the legal framework and operating procedures for prosecuting criminal offenders, specifically regarding commercial sexual exploitation. Children continue to engage in the worst forms of child labor, especially in hazardous activities in herding and animal husbandry