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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Information about Street Children - Benin [DOC] This report was based on a paper submitted
by Croix Rouge, Service pour le Developpement
Integral de l’Homme, Centre Don Bosco
and Association Francaise des Volontaires
du Progres and is taken from “A Civil Society Forum
for Francophone Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 2-5 June 2004, Senegal At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] FACTORS PUSHING
CHILDREN ONTO THE STREETS - low income of families and general poverty of the
social sphere; inadequate education and training opportunities (particularly
for girls); traditional customs such as forced marriages, polygamy and female
genital mutilation; the high number of children per family; the absence of
leisure activities in rural areas and the attractions of city life; the high
demand for child labor in the informal economy; the total impunity of those
who exploit children both economically and sexually, and the difficulty of
applying legislation that is either inadequate or non-existent. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF
– www.unicef.org/infobycountry/benin.html [accessed 6 April 2011] Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61554.htm [accessed 23 January 2011] CHILDREN
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There were numerous street children, most of whom did not attend school and
had limited access to government resources. Some street children became
prostitutes to support themselves. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
20 October 2006 [accessed 23 January 2011] [73] The Committee
expresses its concern at the increasing number of children living, working
and begging in the streets (the talibés),
especially in urban areas, who are also victims of economic and sexual
exploitation and at risk of HIV/AIDS infections. The Committee is also concerned at the lack
of programmes to address the needs of these
children and to protect them. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
June 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/benin1999.html [accessed 23 January 2011] [29] While
recognizing the State party's openness to hosting refugees from neighboring
States, the Committee remains concerned at the lack of adequate legal
provisions, policies and programs to guarantee and protect the rights of
refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children. The Committee recommends
that the State party develop a legislative framework for the protection of
refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children and implement policies and
programs to guarantee their adequate access to health, education and social
services Information about Street Children - This report was based on a paper submitted
by Croix Rouge, Service pour le Developpement
Integral de l’Homme, Centre Don Bosco
and Association Francaise des Volontaires
du Progres and is taken from “A Civil Society Forum
for Francophone Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 2-5 June 2004, Senegal At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] FACTORS PUSHING
CHILDREN ONTO THE STREETS - low income of families and general poverty of the
social sphere; inadequate education and training opportunities (particularly
for girls); traditional customs such as forced marriages, polygamy and female
genital mutilation; the high number of children per family; the absence of
leisure activities in rural areas and the attractions of city life; the high
demand for child labor in the informal economy; the total impunity of those
who exploit children both economically and sexually, and the difficulty of
applying legislation that is either inadequate or non-existent. Street
Children - The Facts New Internationalist, April 1, 2005 www.thefreelibrary.com/Street+children%3A+the+facts.-a0131758378 [accessed 6 April 2011] Plan marks Global Campaign for Education
Action Week Plan International, Press Release,
19/04/2005 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] A
Family For Homeless Children In UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO – Grassroots story by Sebastien Agboton, President of the Committee for Literacy and
Basic Education in www.unesco.org/education/efa/know_sharing/grassroots_stories/benin.shtml [accessed 6 April 2011] A
Belgian Princess Opens A Home For Fernand Azonnanon
in [accessed 6 April 2011] With a 100-bed
dormitory, a dining hall, a library and administrative blocks, street
children of Segbeya district and other poor areas
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