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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Business Hungary - Shadows Of Poverty www.amcham.hu/businesshungary/17-08/articles/17-08_34.asp [Last access date unavailable] ONE-TENTH OF HUNGARIANS LIVE IN
DESTITUTION - Despite
the economic expansion following the early 1990s, one million Hungarians live
in abject poverty. The figure is contrast to the majority who benefited from
years of accelerated productivity growth, soaring equity markets and
relatively low unemployment rates. The typical Hungarian family increased its
net worth significantly as house prices, stocks and wages rose. But quietly
in the shadows is a sizeable proportion of people who have been left behind,
with little hope of catching up in the near future. In ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/hungary.htm [accessed 8 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children work as beggars in urban areas, and also as prostitutes,
according to Budapest Police, although the scope of the problem is
unknown. Schools in ethnic Roma
communities are in markedly poorer condition, and according to UNICEF, less
than 2 percent of Roma children graduate from secondary school. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61652.htm [accessed 8 February 2011] CHILDREN - The government was committed to
children's rights. The law provides for compulsory education, which was free
through age 18 for children who were born after 1997. The Ministry of
Education estimated that 95 percent of school‑age children were
enrolled in school, although the drop-out rate for Romani
children was much higher than for the overall student population. NGOs
reported that only 10 percent of Romani children
complete high school, compared to 80 percent of the general population. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 June 1998 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/hungary1998.html [accessed 8 February 2011] [14] While the Committee notes
with appreciation the measures taken by the State party, including the
adoption of government resolution No. 1093/1997 on a package of medium-term
measures intended to improve the living standards of the Roma population, it
remains concerned about the persistence of discriminatory practices against
this minority group. [34] The Committee recommends that
the State party envisage undertaking further measures to prevent and redress
unequal access to health services and to the education system between the
rural and urban population, and in particular to facilitate the access of
Roma children to health and education. The Committee also recommends that
health services and medical supplies be equally distributed between and
within the local governments. Schools and vocational training should be made
accessible to poor children and those living in rural areas, especially
children belonging to the Roma population. Business www.amcham.hu/businesshungary/17-08/articles/17-08_34.asp [Last access date unavailable] ONE-TENTH
OF HUNGARIANS LIVE IN DESTITUTION - Despite the economic expansion following the early
1990s, one million Hungarians live in abject poverty. The figure is contrast
to the majority who benefited from years of accelerated productivity growth,
soaring equity markets and relatively low unemployment rates. The typical
Hungarian family increased its net worth significantly as house prices,
stocks and wages rose. But quietly in the shadows is a sizeable proportion of
people who have been left behind, with little hope of catching up in the near
future. In Budapest Portal :: Meet Budapest - Municipality of
Budapest english.budapest.hu/engine.aspx?page=meetbudapest#A3 [accessed 23 May 2011] III. After the
political changes (1990-) - YOUTH
PROTECTION - The Budapest Municipality offers
homes for children and young adults under state care. The number of child and
youth protection facilities is currently 34, providing residence, education
and care to children and youth aged 3 to 24. In 2001 the Budapest
Municipality budgeted 6.1 billion forints (25.4
million euros) for child and youth protection. This included 1.5 billion forints (6.2 million euros) spent on renewal and
development. The Budapest Youth Fund was set up in 1992. Its main task is to
handle youth problems and support meaningful leisure activities, summer camps
and multilateral youth projects of the European Union. Feeding World Job and Food Bank www.wjfb.org/projects/feeding_hungary.htm [accessed 23 May 2011] It was established that a A
Dynamic Social Policy For Children And Adolescents In Towns And Cities Parliamentary Assembly Social, Health and Family Affairs
Committee, Rapporteur: Mrs
Edeltraud Gatterer, assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc01/EDOC9192.htm [accessed 23 May 2011] STREET
CHILDREN 27. It is difficult to estimate
the actual numbers of street children or children on the streets and any figures offered have to be treated with caution and as
a probable underestimate. Some figures
are available – for example, the figure in In Depth
Study - Street Children www.fides.org/eng/approfondire/2004/bstrada_01.html [accessed 23 May 2011] IN Abandoned Children And Infants Justin D. Long, Monday Morning Reality Check, 1998 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 23 May 2011] MORE THAN 22,000 ORPHANED
AND ABANDONED CHILDREN
are in state custody in Székesfehérvár in perspective: Roma and housing
in Csilla Dér and
Betty Eberle, European Roma Rights Centre ERRC, 2 April
1998 www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=472 [accessed 23 May 2011] A wave of evictions of Roma is
presently taking place in Missionaries Offer Good News To W. Evan Golder, United Church
News, June 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 23 May 2011] The 1 or 2 million Roma in how, when and why - Cameras In The Hands Of Some Of The
City's Homeless People Dominic Hislop -- [A project by Big Hope: Erhardt Miklós / Dominic Hislop] www.c3.hu/collection/homeless/store/howandwhy.html [accessed 23 May 2011] As the sociological definition of
homelessness covers a broad range of living situations, we decided to
distribute the cameras not only to people who were at the most extreme case
of sleeping rough, but also cameras were given to people sleeping in
overnight shelters, women's shelters, young people's shelters, and the longer
stay one month contract shelters. Innovations for the elderly. A permanent shelter for
elderly homeless in Miskolc Vera Gáthy, Senior Researcher at
the Institute for Social Conflict Research at the At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 23 May 2011] [Page 3] THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION - The reason why rehabilitation has
become so important is that with the passage of time the age structure of
homelessness has been undergoing changes. There is a new batch of
homeless: young people, who are released from state foster care where they
can stay up to the age of 24 and then have to go out. They have no money,
nowhere to go, no jobs and immediately become
homeless. All material used herein
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