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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Information about Street Children - Niger [DOC] This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for
Francophone Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 2-5 June 2004, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] The fundamental cause of the
street child phenomenon is poverty, although this acts in combination with a
number of other factors such as the exclusive and inappropriate education
system (30% of school drop outs end up on the streets), intra-familial
conflict and parental neglect/abuse, population pressure and the practice of
using very young children as beggars to supplement income. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/niger.html [accessed 27 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/niger.htm [accessed 12 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children also shine shoes; guard cars; work as apprentices for
artisans, tailors, and mechanics; perform domestic work; and work as porters
and street beggars. Some Koranic
teachers indenture young boys and send them to beg in the streets. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61585.htm [accessed 12 December 2010] CHILDREN - Although the law provides that
the government promote children's welfare, financial resources for this
purpose were extremely limited. Education was compulsory and free for a
minimum period of six years; however, according to the Ministry of Basic
Education, only approximately 50 percent of children of primary school age
attended school. There were many displaced
children, mostly boys, begging on the streets of the larger cities. Most of
these boys came from rural areas and were indentured to Koranic schools by
their parents due to economic hardship. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 June 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/niger2002.html [accessed 4 March 2011] [66] The Committee is concerned at
the number of children who are begging in the streets. The Committee notes
that part of these child beggars are scholars under the guardianship of
Islamic religious education teachers. The Committee is concerned at their
vulnerability to all forms of exploitation. [68] The Committee is concerned at
the increasing number of child victims of sexual exploitation, including for
prostitution and pornography, especially among child laborers and street children.
Concern is also expressed at the insufficient programs for the physical and
psychological recovery and social reintegration of child victims of such
abuse and exploitation. Information about Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for
Francophone Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 2-5 June 2004, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] The fundamental cause of the
street child phenomenon is poverty, although this acts in combination with a
number of other factors such as the exclusive and inappropriate education
system (30% of school drop outs end up on the streets), intra-familial
conflict and parental neglect/abuse, population pressure and the practice of
using very young children as beggars to supplement income. Committee on the Rights to the Child (CRC) - Reports to
Treaty Bodies For the Record 2002: The United Nations Human Rights
System -- Publication produced by Human Rights Internet (HRI) in partnership
with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT) At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] Noted with concern were ... the
existence of slavery in some parts of the country; the number of children who
are begging in the streets and their vulnerability to all forms of
exploitation; the increasing number of child victims of sexual exploitation,
including for prostitution and pornography, especially among child laborers
and street children; the absence of juvenile courts, and the limited number
of juvenile judges, social workers and teachers working in this field. Children Rights ECPAT: CSEC Country
Report nigergroup.pbworks.com/w/page/23964283/Nina [accessed 27 June 2011] [scroll down to CHILDREN RIGHTS] The prostitution of boys is
another emerging phenomenon in the country, involving in most cases street
children and children in conflict with the law. Reports have indicated that
boys as young as 12 were involved in this form of exploitation. Taking action for girls' education [PDF] Links - A newsletter on gender for Oxfam
Great Britain (GB) staff and partners, October 2003 www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/learning/gender/links/downloads/links1003.pdf [accessed 27 June 2011] [page 4] RECORD BREAKERS - An amazing 1.8 million children
from Plan Plan International www.plan-uk.org/wherewework/westafrica/niger/ [Last access date to the following posting on the Plan
website is unavailable] SOME OF THE REASONS PLAN WORKS IN Eugene Richards - Seeing-Eye Children Themes (a bimonthly documentary photography magazine) --
edited by John Vink, associated at Magnum photo www.magic.be/themes3/Theme3bis.html [accessed 27 June 2011] EUGENE RICHARDS - SEEING-EYE
CHILDREN - In Niger
many children are compelled to act as guides for their parents who suffer
from onchocerciasis, or river blindness.
There is the story of Boube, 9 years old, who walks his father when he
goes panhandling on the streets of “Send my friend to school” plead the children Plan International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] Plan All material used herein
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