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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child Sex Trafficking Study By CU-Boulder Sociologist
Reveals Misperceptions dirwww.colorado.edu/news/r/7e44f6528ca6257ecb5962e553ca32fb.html [accessed 19 April 2012] Most adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina
think that the majority of its street children are Roma, and that Roma beg
primarily by tradition. Prejudice
against the Roma has led people to think that there was little point to
trying to help these street children, when, in fact, the street children come
from all ethnic groups. - htsccp ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF -
Bosnia and Herzegovina www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bosniaherzegovina.html [accessed 7 April 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/bosnia-herzegovina.htm [accessed 23 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Roma children beg on the streets in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61640.htm [accessed 23 January 2011] CHILDREN - Education is free and compulsory
through age 15; however, parents were required to pay for textbooks, lunches,
and transportation, which some families could not afford. A lack of reliable
monitoring and statistics on enrollment and drop-out rates hindered efforts
to ensure that school-age children received an education. Children with
special needs were legally required to attend regular classes, but schools
were often unable to accommodate them. Except for Roma, almost all children
finished primary school through the 9th grade; the completion rate was lower
for secondary school. Boys and girls attended school equally. According to the country's annual
Helsinki Committee human rights report, up to 70 percent of Romani children
did not attend school regularly. Many Romani children were unable to attend
school because of extremely poor living conditions, lack of proper clothing,
and the inability or unwillingness of families to pay school-related
expenses. Verbal harassment from other students, language problems, and
registration costs and requirements also contributed to the exclusion of Roma
from schools, despite the desire of many parents to enroll their children Child begging was common in some
Romani communities; infants (with adults) and children as young as four were
sent out to beg on street corners, often working 10 or more hours per day in
all weather conditions. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child, BiH UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/bosnia2005.html [accessed 23 January 2011] [65] The Committee is concerned at
the information that a significant number of children, especially Roma, are
living or working on the streets, that the majority of these children are
under 14, that most of them do not attend schools and nearly half of them
appear to be ill. Furthermore, the Committee notes with concern that the work
performed by these children is often harmful and exploitative and that many
of them are compelled or forced to work. CRC 39: NGO
Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC News, 9/05/2005 www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5632&flag=news [accessed 7 April 2011] CHILD PROTECTION AND SPECIAL PROTECTION - The number of street children was not especially high, but 90% of street children were forced to beg and more than 10% of them were abused or used in some way or another. BiH was planning to introduce new measures through the police to trace them. Sharing The School Bench: Getting
Roma Children Into School United
Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, 7 October 2004 www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bosniaherzegovina_1895.html [accessed 7 April 2011] Last year, the ranks of children
on the streets of Child Sex Trafficking Study By CU-Boulder Sociologist
Reveals Misperceptions dirwww.colorado.edu/news/r/7e44f6528ca6257ecb5962e553ca32fb.html [accessed 19 April 2012] Most adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina
think that the majority of its street children are Roma, and that Roma beg
primarily by tradition. Prejudice
against the Roma has led people to think that there was little point to
trying to help these street children, when, in fact, the street children come
from all ethnic groups. - htsccp Proposal
for Funding by Private Foundations and Benefactors, October 06, 2000 www.medjugorje.org/bethesda.doc [accessed 7 April 2011] The Bethesda Project is a human
development project aims at giving back to orphans, and street children and
their families the dignity they need to keep on with their life by providing
them new appropriate housing; school attendance for boys and girls; health
and psychological support; sports facilities; training in handicraft skills
and creativity; participation in livestock, farming and gardening activities;
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