Prevalence,
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accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Estonia. Some of these links may
lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even
false. No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to
verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspect(s) of street life are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got there, how they survive, and how
some manage to leave the street.
Perhaps your paper could focus on how some street children abuse the
public and how they are abused by the public … and how they abuse each
other. Would you like to write about
market children? homeless children? Sexual and labor exploitation? begging? violence? addiction? hunger? neglect? etc. There is a lot to the subject of Street
Children. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Summary Record of
the 42nd meeting of the Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights - Consideration
of Reports UN Economic and
Social Council, Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, 25
November 2002 www.unhchr.ch/TBS/doc.nsf/0/7f329a34b288adcec1256c7d005a3f0f?OpenDocument [accessed 12 May
2011] 32. Ms. MALVET
(Estonia) said that Estonia had no clear definition of "street
children" and therefore no precise statistics. If the term meant
children without a home or family, there were between 100 and 200. If it
meant children who spent their time in the street even though they had a home
and family, there were perhaps 500. 65. The Committee
had information that there might be as many as 10,000 street children in
Estonia, which among other things, meant that they were effectively deprived
of their right to education. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor U.S. Dept of Labor
Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2004 www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/estonia.htm [accessed 4 February
2011] GOVERNMENT
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The government
has developed a National Strategy for Child Protection through the year 2008
that includes a national social welfare program for children and their
families who need social care and educational support for at-risk children.
Children considered most at-risk are street children. INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In 1999, an estimated 100 to 200 children were
homeless and living on the streets in Estonia. Human Rights Reports
» 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61646.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The
government was committed to children's rights and welfare. Under the law, school attendance is
mandatory and free from the age of 7 until students complete basic education,
generally nine years total or until they reach 17 years of age. Approximately
98.7 percent of school-age children attended school. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 31 January 2003 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/bfa2f61011a4a1de41256d04004c6028?OpenDocument [accessed 4 February
2011] [44] The Committee
is concerned at the increasing number of street children and at the lack of a
systematic comprehensive strategy to address this situation and to provide
these children with adequate assistance. Conclusions and
recommendations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Estonia, U.N. Doc. E/C.12/1/Add.85 (2002) UN Economic and
Social Council, Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, 29
November 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/estonia2002.html [accessed 12 May
2011] 20. The Committee
is also concerned about the extent of the problem of street children in
Estonia. 21. The Committee
is further concerned that the law allows the work of children between 13 and
15 with the written consent of one parent or a guardian and the labor
inspector, and that the list of permissible work includes that of an
industrial nature. Overview Of
Developing Prostitution And Sexual Business In Estonia Since 1991, Estimation
Of The Number Of Sex Workers CENTRAL EUROPEAN
UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM www.policy.hu/kalikov/ESTONIA.html [accessed 12 May
2011] [scroll down] OVERVIEW OF
DEVELOPING PROSTITUTION AND SEXUAL BUSINESS IN ESTONIA SINCE 1991, ESTIMATION
OF THE NUMBER OF SEX WORKERS - Adolescent street children offer sexual services
mostly for foreign tourists in area of harbor and big supermarkets. Work With The
Street Children Done By Center Of Pastoral Care Soonets Ruth, Tartu Support
Centre for Abused Children, 30.12.2002 www.childcentre.info/projects/street_children/estonia/ifid2401.html [accessed 12 May
2011] The aim of
the is to help them by offering them the services of the Daily Care Center,
the night shelter and Christian Children Home, thus avoiding them remaining
in the streets and at the same time integrating them into the society. NGO
"Owl", That Is Working With Street Children And Children At Risk Soonets Ruth, Tartu Support
Centre for Abused Children, 17.12.2002 www.childcentre.info/projects/street_children/estonia/ifid2379.html [accessed 12 May
2011] The target group is
children under 18 of age who have lost their home, family or safe living
environment. Consortium for
Street Children cfsc.trunky.net/content.asp?pageID=29®ionID=5&countryID=55 [accessed 12 May
2011] There are still
problems for street children in Estonia today, but overall conditions have
greatly improved. All
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