Human Trafficking in [Taiwan] [other countries]
Street Children in [Taiwan] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Taiwan] [other countries]
 

Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children

Republic of China (Taiwan) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Republic of China (Taiwan) is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean [map], separated from the mainland of S China by the 100-mi-wide (161-km) Taiwan Strait. The provisional capital is Taipei. Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy. The trade surplus is substantial, and foreign reserves are the world's third largest. The global economic downturn, combined with problems in policy coordination by the administration and bad debts in the banking system, pushed Taiwan into recession in 2001, the first year of negative growth ever recorded. Unemployment also reached record levels. Growing economic ties with China are a dominant long-term factor.

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Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

CHILDREN - The government is committed to the rights and welfare of children, and the law includes provisions to protect them. Education for children between 6 and 15 years of age is free, universal, and compulsory, and this was enforced. According to government statistics, 99 percent of school-age children attended primary and junior high school. Children were provided health care under the national health insurance plan.

High School Students Concerned for the Society

Program goal for children is 8 million Taiwan Dollars (290,000 Euros) to support Taiwan Aboriginal Children's education, child and youth protection, and the basic "street children" work of the district.

Hope For Children in Action in 1997/98

ASIA - In Taiwan, HOPE has helped to equip a 'pick-up' van for street children in Taipei.

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Human Trafficking in [Taiwan] [other countries]
Street Children in [Taiwan] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Taiwan] [other countries]