Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]
 

Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children

Great Socialist People's

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [map] is a N African republic bordered by Algeria (W), by Tunisia (NW), by the Mediterranean Sea (N), by Egypt (E), by Sudan (SE), and by Chad and Niger (N). Tripoli is its capital and largest city. The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute practically all export earnings and about one-quarter of GDP. These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society.

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Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Libya), and Years Missing

UNICEF - The Big Picture

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

CHILDREN - The government subsidized primary, secondary, and university education, and primary education was compulsory until age 15. According to a 2003 United Nation's Development Plan report, 96 percent of school‑age children attended primary school, and most reached at least a 6th‑grade level. Only 53 percent of girls and 71 percent of boys attended secondary school. The government subsidized medical care, and improved the welfare of children; however, general economic mismanagement led to a low standard in medical services.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003

[45] In addition to the de facto age of criminal responsibility of 7 years, which is much too low, the Committee is concerned that:

(b) Status offences are criminalized (i.e. vagrant and street children may be placed in juvenile homes or other institutions);

Libya's HIV children get out to play

Persuading society to accept children with HIV is a major challenge in Libya. Children with HIV face discrimination on all levels. Colleagues, neighbors, even family members avoid any contact with them.

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Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in  [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]