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Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - 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) - 2006 [DOC] [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) - 1999 [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 - Benin [DOC] 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. BENIN - An estimated 50,000 are trafficked to nearby
countries where they often end up selling goods on the street. Plan
marks Global Campaign for Education Action Week BENIN - Throughout the week 300 children, aged six to 14
from the Couffo area, in the south of Benin, will
make life-size cardboard cut-outs to represent the shadows of their friends
who do not go to school and send them to President of the Republic, Mathieu Kerekou. They will also draw up maps showing the
whereabouts of children who are not enrolled in school, and then each
community will use the maps as the basis for making an action plan to
increase school enrolment. A
Family For Homeless Children In Benin A Belgian Princess Opens A
Home For Benin's Street Kids With a 100-bed dormitory, a dining
hall, a library and administrative blocks, street children of Segbeya district and other poor areas of All material used herein
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