Download or read book Street Children and Homeless Youth written by Lewis Aptekar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with street children who live in the developing world, and homeless youth who are from the developed world. They are referred to as children in street situations (CSS) to show that the problem is both in the children and in the situation they face. The book examines several aspects of the children and their street situations, including the families of origin and the homes they leave, the children’s social life, and mental health. Other aspects are the problems of published demographics, the construction of public opinion about these children and the, often violent, reactions from authorities. The book then discusses current research on children in street situations, as well as programs and policies. The book ends with recommendations about programs, policies and research.
Download or read book Protecting street children vigilantes or the rule of law written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Street Children written by Poonam Sondhi Garg and published by Ess Ess Publication. This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is meant for those concerned about protecting and improving the lives of the street children and it includes information for research and educational purposes. While street children receive national and international notice, it has been focused largely on social, economic and health problems of the children - poverty, lack of education, AIDS, prostitution and substance abuse. This often neglected side of street children's lives has been the focus of this book and it is in this context that the subject of street child labour and its impact on children's development is investigated."
Download or read book Protecting Street Children written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working with Street Children written by Unesco and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments have traditionally left the plight of street children and working children, who by some counts number over 100 million, to individuals and nongovernmental organizations, including many religious organizations. As a result, there are a multitude of small, uncoordinated, but highly effective projects throughout the world concentrated in urban areas. The 18 case studies presented illustrate the work carried out by these organizations and demonstrate how rehabilitation can be conducted working with and for children. Part 1, "Reinsertion through Education," looks at seven projects characterized by efforts to ensure the reinsertion of street and working children into their families or mainframe society through education. The four projects in part 2 rely on work rather than education in their efforts. Part 3 describes three projects that concentrate on improving the situation of children by teaching them to use the street environment and by capitalizing on their experiences and practical intelligence. Part 4 concentrates on the administration of projects for street children. The case studies are presented without commentary to form a collection of results and ideas to stimulate imagination and interest, particularly among those responsible for government policies. Valid solutions will come only from strong governmental commitment. (SLD)
Download or read book Child Street Life written by G.K. Lieten and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit, deals with the policy issues and lessons to be learned. This brief investigates when and why the transition from children on the street (street-working children) to children of the street (street living children) takes place and elucidates how they survive. It explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life.
Download or read book Child Protection in Development written by Michael Bourdillon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection of journal papers aims to engage with researchers and debates in the field so as to understand better some of the numerous risks confronted by children in developing countries. It highlights the complexity of protecting children in various forms of adversity, challenges conventional wisdom about what protects children, demonstrates why it is essential to consult with children to protect them successfully, and suggests that successful protection must be based on strong empirical understanding of the situation and the perspectives of children and communities involved. The contributors are all experienced researchers and practitioners who have worked for many years with children in developing countries. The book offers suggestions for reform of current child protection policies, based on empirical findings around a range of child protection concerns, including children’s work, independent migration, family separation, early marriage, and military occupation. Together, the contributions provide a body of knowledge important to humanitarian and development policy and practice. This book was published as a special issue of Development in Practice.
Download or read book Children and youth in street situations and their capabilities written by Jean-Christophe Ryckmans and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research uses an Interactionist approach to understand how children and youth in street situations in Nepal and elsewhere negotiate their social identity while confronted with dynamics of domination, labelling and violence. Their capability to survive on the street determines their career, which is also influenced by their capacity to play with the institutional network supposed to help or control them. Presenting a typology of the existing intervention system, this research will shed light on the existing gaps and the effect of conversion « back to the norm », carried out or encouraged by NGOs or public authorities.
Download or read book Children in Street Situations written by Riccardo Lucchini and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of children in street situations. It includes a unique selection of texts, which were initially published in French, written by the authors of this volume, on the lives of children in street situations in Latin America and China, that are now available to an English readership. It challenges obstacles, linked to macrosocial issues such as inequalities, images of the child, the separation of public/private spheres, urban dynamics and structural adjustments, as well as to microsocial dimensions such as identity, motivation, and activities that are constitutive of street situations. The book discusses the situations experienced by children, highlighting children’s reflexivity and strategies as social factors, and shedding new light on the debate “agency within structure”.
Download or read book LITERACY DRIVE AND REHABILITATION OF THE STREET CHILDREN OF KOLKATA AN ANALYTICAL STUDY written by Dr. Shabana Haydar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street Children are the casualties of economic growth, war, poverty, loss of traditional values, domestic violence, physical and mental abuse. Every Street Child has a reason for being on the streets. While some children are lured by the promise of excitement and freedom, majority are pushed onto the street by desperation and realization that they have nowhere else to go. In many countries Street Children are named after their main survival activities. What is obvious is that Street Children are poverty stricken and their needs and problems are a result of wanting to meet basic needs for survival. They go through the struggle of providing themselves with basic things such as food, shelter, heath and clothing. Providing targeted interventions that meet the needs of Street Children requires an understanding of who they are, what they need, what they do and how they can be identified. (Shukla P.C., Street Children and the asphalt life. 2005)
Download or read book Urbanisation Street Children and Their Problems written by Nab Kishore Behura and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street children can be considered as one of the by-products of the urbanisation process in developing countries. These children are to struggle very hard for their survival on the streets in very highly competitive environments, otherwise they fall prey to the public or even to their own parents also. Their childhood is seized, they are abused and their labour is greatly exploited for the benefit of others. In this book an attempt has been made to present a holistic profile of the street children of a growing urban city of Eastern India. Especially the prime thrust of the book concentrates on the aspects, like motive behind coming over to urban bases, educational and occupational profile of their parents and their family size, category and shelter of the street children, educational and occupational pattern of the street children, expenditure and savings, occupational hazards, use of earnings of these children by their parents, nourishment and addictive behaviour, health and hygiene, educational choice and future perspectives, attitudes of the public toward the street children etc. Apart from all these, the book also speaks about the pre and post-independence legislations on these children, UN s convention on rights of the child and National Plan of Action, State Plan of Action, welfare agencies working for the betterment of these children etc. Contents: Introduction, Profile of Bhubaneswar City, Family Milieu, Socio-Economic Profile of the Street Children, Struggle for Survival The Problems of Street Children, Legislation, Welfare Programmes and the Street Children, A Recipe for Development of Street Children, Summary and Conclusion.
Download or read book Robbed of Humanity written by Nancy Leigh Tierney and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the circumstances which lead children to leave their homes and describes their way of life on the streets. Shows how both policymakers and private citizens appear to be indifferent to these children's needs and describes instances of human rights abuse. Examines the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church and the mass media and looks at the role of traditional Mayan concepts of childhood. Describes international efforts to secure children's rights.
Download or read book What About America s Homeless Children written by Paul G. Shane and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-09-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book concludes with recommendations for policies and programs that can prevent homelessness for children.
Download or read book Protecting Street Children written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children of the Dust written by and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key recommendations - Methods and scope. -- Background on street children in Hanoi. Numbers of street children in Hanoi - "Some days I earn nothing"--Government bodies responsible for child protection - Relief, juvenile justice, and administrative policies for children in Vietnam. -- Trang's story: from Dong Dau to Ba Vi and back to the streets again. First arrest (March 2004): "They never gave me any reason" - "They beat me more when I asked them to stop" - "I have read in the newspapers ... they help you go home" - Second arrest (June 1, 2004): "How bad could 15 days be?" - To Va Vi (June 14, 2004): Another commitment - Release (September 14, 2004). -- The evolution of Vietnam's approach to street children. 1980s: institutionalization - New directions in the 1990s - Drop-in centers and street-based services - Ongoing institutionalization and street sweeps - The 2003 crackdown - 2004: more policies, little action - The situation now. -- Human rights abuses of street children. Round-up campaigns - Police custody - Detention at Dong Dau Social Protection Center - Abuses at Dong Dau - Detention at Va Vi Social Protection Center. -- Violations of national and international standards. -- Conclusion and recommendations. To the Vietnamese government - To UN agencies. and donor governments. -- Appendix A. -- Appendix B.
Download or read book The Capability Approach written by S. Ibrahim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can human capabilities be articulated and promoted in practice? How can the challenges encountered in its application be addressed? This volume answers these research questions through nine country case studies from the Global North and the Global South.
Download or read book Protecting Children Online written by Tijana Milosevic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical examination of efforts by social media companies—including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram—to rein in cyberbullying by young users. High-profile cyberbullying cases often trigger exaggerated public concern about children's use of social media. Large companies like Facebook respond by pointing to their existing anti-bullying mechanisms or coordinate with nongovernmental organizations to organize anti-cyberbullying efforts. Do these attempts at self-regulation work? In this book, Tijana Milosevic examines the effectiveness of efforts by social media companies—including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram—to rein in cyberbullying by young users. Milosevic analyzes the anti-bullying policies of fourteen major social media companies, as recorded in companies' corporate documents, draws on interviews with company representatives and e-safety experts, and details the roles of nongovernmental organizations examining their ability to provide critical independent advice. She draws attention to lack of transparency in how companies handle bullying cases, emphasizing the need for a continuous independent evaluation of effectiveness of companies' mechanisms, especially from children's perspective. Milosevic argues that cyberbullying should be viewed in the context of children's rights and as part of the larger social problem of the culture of humiliation. Milosevic looks into five digital bullying cases related to suicides, examining the pressures on the social media companies involved, the nature of the public discussion, and subsequent government regulation that did not necessarily address the problem in a way that benefits children. She emphasizes the need not only for protection but also for participation and empowerment—for finding a way to protect the vulnerable while ensuring the child's right to participate in digital spaces.
