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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
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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 - The Big Picture U.S. Dept
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 - www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/Information%20about%20Street%20Children%20in%20Niger.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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 - 2002 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. ECPAT: CSEC Country Report www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/ChildProstitution/Niger.html 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 www.popline.org/docs/1600/183366.html ABSTRACT - An amazing 1.8 million children
from Niger remains one of the world’s
poorest countries with 63% of the population living on less than $1 a day.
Slavery was only banned in 2003 and it is estimated that thousands of people
still live in subjugation. With only one third of primary school-age children
receiving education, Niger has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world.
Likewise, its health system is rudimentary and disease is widespread SOME OF THE REASONS PLAN WORKS IN NIGER - 70% of children do not go to primary school. Eugene Richards - Seeing-Eye Children In “Send my friend to school” plead the children www.plan-international.org/wherewework/westafrica/niger/learning/sendmyfriend/ At one time this article had been
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