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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Gulf states Agence France-Presse
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61696.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] CHILDREN - The government has declared
education, health, and general welfare of children a national priority. Primary
school education for children, including non-citizen children, was free and
universal but not compulsory. In 2003‑2004 the ratio of female to male
enrollment was equal in primary education. Primary school enrollment was 65
percent. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 29 September
2006 Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 25 September 2011] [18] The Committee notes with appreciation the State
party’s efforts to collect, analyse
and disaggregate statistical data on children. However, the Committee regrets
the lack of a central database on children and notes with concern the
insufficient data concerning many areas covered by the Convention,
particularly groups of children in need of special protection, for example,
children affected by violence and abuse, including sexual abuse, children in
alternative care, street children, migrant children and working children. Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 29 June 2011] According to a study by the Imam
Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Summary record of the 728th meeting
- Committee on the Rights of the Child CRC UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/219275c560d0b03ec1256ae3004b0af8?Opendocument [accessed 29 June 2011] [7] There were special children's
homes for illegitimate children who did not know their parents; such children
attended school in the normal way. [8] Children could also be placed
in foster homes. As for the acceptance
of illegitimate children in society, he knew of no reports of any particular
problems in that area. [40] Failure at school and
dropouts were closely related. In the
past two years, it had been decided to adopt a system of continuous assessment,
and it was hoped that those problems would be resolved. Reports by States - Committee on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28th session ( olddoc.ishr.ch/hrm/tmb/treaty/crc/reports/crc_23-41/CRC_28.htm#_ftnref3 [accessed 29 June 2011] Initial report of States parties -
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, [accessed 29 June 2011] V. THE
FAMILY AND ALTERNATIVE CHILD CARE F. Children without families (art.
2) Ministerial Decision No. 96/88,
based on the provisions of Royal Decree No. 85/92, establishes the National
Committee for the Care of Children.
Paragraph C of section 1 of the ministerial decision identifies
children in need of care and defines an alternative family. Section 6
describes the conditions under which an alternative family is eligible for
financial support for the child in order to ensure a stable family atmosphere
suitable for his upbringing and moral development. Crime and Society Dr. Robert Winslow, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/asia_pacific/oman.html [accessed 29 June 2011] CHILDREN: The Government has made the
education, health, and general welfare of children a budgetary priority.
Primary school education for children, including non-citizen children, is
free and universal, but not compulsory. Most children attend school through
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