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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children The |
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The net primary school attendance rate was approximately 98.0
percent. According to the government,
about 800 children did not attend school; however, press reports indicate
that the number is higher, particularly in rural areas. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The law mandates government-provided
free, compulsory, and universal education for at least nine years. Many
inadequately funded schools, particularly in rural areas, charged parents for
school supplies. While not illegal, such fees contradicted the government's
policies and resulted in some parents keeping their children at home. The
government and local authorities provided annual assistance to children from
vulnerable families to buy school supplies. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
reported that net primary school enrollment was 86 percent and secondary
school enrollment was approximately 73 percent, with little difference in the
rates of boys and girls. The situation of children in
orphanages was generally very poor. Due to lack of funding, children's
institutions had major problems, including inadequate food,
"warehousing" of children, lack of heat in
the winter, and disease. According to the Ministry of Education, there were
approximately 11,500 institutionalized children. Not all institutionalized
children were orphans; the number of children entrusted to the government by
needy parents or by parents leaving the country to look for work reportedly
continued to grow. The government estimated that parents of approximately 20
thousand children worked abroad and placed their children in boarding schools
or entrusted them to relatives. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
country was a major country of origin for women and children trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation and men and children who were trafficked to Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2002 [47] While noting the amendment to
the Penal Code regarding child beggars, the Committee notes that the negative
effects of the current economic crisis and the consequent deterioration in
the family environment have resulted in an increasing number of street
children in Chisinau and other cities. 26% of street children were either
disengaged from their families due to abandonment, fleeing domestic violence,
were orphaned or had only occasional contact due to poor relationships. All
of this group were homeless and lived on the streets in abandoned cars,
sewers and with groups of other children in venues provided by their group
leaders/protectors. Moldova is one of the poorest
countries in Europe, despite recent progress. At least one child under seven
is abandoned each day in Moldova, often in the earliest days of life. These
children are forced to live on the streets. Other 'children of the street'
were either disengaged from their families due to fleeing domestic violence,
were orphaned, or have only occasional contact due to poor relationships. There are no “street children” in Scotland’s
Youngsters And Traveling Fans Win The Hearts And Minds In Moldova DETAILS - The young players heard about
how the Center provides support for Moldova's street children; facilities
like a day-care center, access to education and medical care, as well as
social rehabilitation all contribute to the long-term goal of integrating
children back into mainstream education and preventing street children from
entering institutional care One Child Abandoned Each
Day In Moldova, Says UNICEF At least one child under seven is
abandoned each day in Moldova Suffers Disaster By
Depopulation As a result of a decade of exodus,
the traditional family is disintegrating: separation and divorce are common
and children often end up being cared for by relatives and neighbors, falling
prey to violence and exploitation. The
issue of the “feminization” of poverty is also causing concern. Women have
fewer economic opportunities than men and they have been leaving out of a
desire to better their lives and those of their children. But in what is still an overwhelmingly
matriarchal society, this too often results in broken families and abandoned
children. Gazza Supports
Emergency Appeal For Moldova's Abandoned Children "Their life is miserable,
just an existence. In the worst cases the orphanages have no hot water,
medicines or electricity. The plumbing has broken, toilets are blocked with
feces, which pour out into the grounds of the orphanage, windows are cracked
and the children are fed on porridge or rice. The children are covered in
sores; they live two or three in a cot on mattresses reeking of urine. In some cases I've seen girls chained by
their ankles to the bed at night," Paul continued. All material used herein
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