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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs 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. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 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) - 2002 [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 - Niger [DOC] 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 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. Committee
on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Concluding Observations 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. 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 ABSTRACT - An amazing 1.8 million children
from Albania to Zimbabwe participated in the 'World's Biggest Ever Lesson' on
9 April 2003. They were joined by pop stars, politicians, and policy makers
in 108 countries, as part of the GCE's Week of
Action. The aim of the lesson was to highlight the importance of educating
girls and to remind world leaders to keep their promises to fund education
for every girl and boy. UN Secretary General Kofi Paman, who took part in the lesson, urged support for the
campaign: "Let this be not only the world's
biggest ever lesson, but a lesson that the world will never forget."
Bangladesh emerged as the biggest star, with at least 450,000 children and
adults across the country taking part, while
in Niger President Tandja Mamadou
took '15 Big Steps' towards the 2015 goal of getting all boys and girls into
school. In Paris, at the normally sober UNESCO headquarters, Director
General Koichiro Matsuura presented the lesson to
member states during an Executive Board meeting. In South Africa, Nobel
Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer was one of the
celebrities presenting the Big Lesson. Television star Michelle Collins
taught the lesson to 2,500 British schoolchildren, while Schools Minister David
Miliband taught the lesson at an east London
primary school. (excerpt). SOME OF THE REASONS PLAN WORKS IN
NIGER - 70% of
children do not go to primary school. In “Send
my friend to school” plead the children Plan Niger sponsored children
joined hundreds of thousands of children to remind decision-makers that all
children should have access to a primary education. All material used herein
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