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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Democratic
and Popular Republic of Algeria [map] is located on the NW coast of Africa, and is bordered by
Mauritania, Western Sahara, & Morocco (W), by the Mediterranean Sea (N),
by Tunisia & Libya (E), and by Niger & Mali (S). |
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Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The government provides free
education for children through high school. Free education is compulsory
until the age of 16. The most recent figures released by the Ministry of
National Education show that in 2004, more than 90 percent of children completed
the ninth grade, on average the highest grade level normally attained by
students. Boys and girls generally received the same education, although
rural girls were slightly more likely to leave school because of familial
financial reasons, and sons were often given educational priority. Economic necessity compelled many children
to resort to informal employment, such as street vending. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
No child labor was reported in the industrial sector; however, economic
necessity compelled many children to resort to informal employment. Many
children worked part time or full time in small workshops, on family farms,
and in informal trade. A report from the Ministry of National Solidarity in
2004 stated that more than 25,000 children between the ages of 6 and 14 were
working in the informal economy. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [76] The Committee takes note of
the findings of a study conducted in 2001 that children Algeria
aims to defend children's rights In an attempt to tackle juvenile
delinquency, the government has decided that the best solution is to
reintroduce offending children into schools. It has thus planned to establish
a child protection research and monitoring centre, to be overseen by the
Ministry of Employment and Solidarity. Employment Ministry General Secretary Abdellah Bouchenak announced
that "this centre will gather data from all 48 wilayas
on matters such as the situation of street children, and will also clarify
the sociological, psychological and medical aspects of the care these
children need." This will make it possible to "improve and step up
efforts to provide special care for this group in society." In a bid to reintegrate children
into the schooling system, the government has introduced vocational training
for pupils who have dropped out. Only 200,000 seats were made available in
the programme, well below the approximately 450,000
children who abandoned their studies last year. Additionally, attendance is
not mandatory for vocational training, which makes it more difficult to
recruit students in large numbers. Information
About Street Children - Algeria [DOC] A lack of cohesion between family
members was a particularly common reason, and three-quarters of the children
interviewed said this was their main reason for leaving. Violence appeared to
be widespread, with over 60% of them admitting being victims of violence
within their families. EU-Funded
Initiative to Help Algeria’s Children On the phenomenon of street
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