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FEATURED ARTICLE *** World Vision Meero,
February 22, 2008 This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 20 September 2011] Of the street
children interviewed, 94% were boys between 10 to 14 years old, and as many
as half of them started to work before the age of 10. Some children belonged
to ethnic minority groups such as Roma and Egyptian, while others were
non-minority Albanian. In many cases the reasons the children are on the
street were the same, regardless of whether or not they were a from minority
group. Family poverty is one of the main conditions that result in
children begging or working on the street. Many of them labor an average of
seven hours a day and others as much as 18 hours, with most of their earnings
given to their families. More than 80% of street children work mostly during
the day, hence school drop out is high among them. However, most of the
children interviewed during the quantitative study reported that if they
could they would be happy to attend school. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF
- www.unicef.org/albania/children_649.html [accessed 28 March 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/albania.htm [accessed 18 January 2011] [113] The Roma or
“Egyptian” minority groups are significantly marginalized in Albanian
society. The study also estimated that the majority of street children in
various cities in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61633.htm [accessed 18 January 2011] CHILDREN
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Homeless, displaced or street children remained a problem, particularly
Romani children, who lived in extreme poverty throughout the country. Street
children begged or did petty work; many migrated to neighboring countries,
particularly during the summer. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] According to the CRCA, the majority of child laborers worked as street
or shop vendors, beggars, farmers or shepherds, drug runners, vehicle
washers, textile factory workers, and shoeshine boys, some as many as 16
hours a day. In Tirana and other cities, children—mostly Roma—worked as
beggars or sold cigarettes and other items on the street; the police
generally ignored this practice. The CRCA also noted that there were
approximately one thousand street children in Tirana. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/10c1b349cbae3e05c1256fa4004ac5b2?OpenDocument [accessed 18 January 2011] [72] The Committee
is very concerned that street children represent the most unprotected
category of children in Albania and regrets the lack of information in the
State party's report in this respect. World Vision Meero,
February 22, 2008 This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 20 September 2011] Of the street
children interviewed, 94% were boys between 10 to 14 years old, and as many
as half of them started to work before the age of 10. Some children belonged
to ethnic minority groups such as Roma and Egyptian, while others were
non-minority Albanian. In many cases the reasons the children are on the
street were the same, regardless of whether or not they were a from minority
group. Family poverty is one of the
main conditions that result in children begging or working on the street.
Many of them labor an average of seven hours a day and others as much as 18
hours, with most of their earnings given to their families. More than 80% of
street children work mostly during the day, hence school drop out is high
among them. However, most of the children interviewed during the quantitative
study reported that if they could they would be happy to attend school. Children of the Stoplights Discarded Lies, Winds of Change.NET,
January 14, 2005 www.windsofchange.net/archives/006160.html [accessed 18 January 2011] They're skinny,
their clothes are cheap and ill-fitting, their hair is uncombed, they're
Roma, they're Albanian, they're all from some other
place. They look weary and scared but they smile easily, like children do.
They spend their days and nights at traffic lights, or wandering around the
areas their boss has marked for them, restaurants and cafés, but careful not
to hang around too long, not to attract too much attention. For
Albanians, It's Come to This: A Son
for a TV Nicholas Wood, The New York Times, www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/story_id/000159.html [accessed 28 March 2011] Judy Mitstifer, 43, a missionary from State Report / Alternative NGO Report / CRC
Concluding Observations [DOC] www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/38th%20session%20ALBANIA%20Jan%2005.doc [access date unavailable] OVERVIEW OF STREET
CHILDREN ISSUES - STATE REPORT - Unsourced
information alleges that there are some 800 children on the streets of Tirana
as beggars, vendors and shoeshine boys.
Many of the street children are believed to be Roma who are involved
generally in begging and in some cases end up in prostitution. There is recognition of a rise in the
numbers of drug addicts among children although no figures are available. Trafficking in Human Beings in United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF,
12/5/2003 www.unicef.org/serbia/Trafficking2.pdf [accessed 28 March 2011] ALBANIAN CASE
STUDY: CHILD TRAFFICKING AND MIGRATION [page 51]
TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN FOR BEGGING AND OTHER FORMS OF FORCED LABOR - The number of
younger children under 13 trafficked for begging to Child Trafficking
in EU countries [PDF] www.stopchildtrafficking.org/site/uploads/media/english/EU.pdf [access date unavailable] The majority of
street children in UNICEF
Calls For Eradication Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, www.unicef.org/newsline/01pr97.htm [accessed 28 March 2011] In Human Development 04/03/2005 courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/eco343/050Compecon/Centeur/Albania/050000human.txt [accessed 10 October 2012] The Constitution
prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, ethnicity, or language; however,
discrimination against women and Roma minority groups persisted. Societal
discrimination against Roma, the Egyptian Homeless, displaced or street
children remained a problem, especially among Roma children. They begged in
the street or did other petty work, and many immigrated to neighboring
countries, especially during the summer. The Roma and the Egyptian
communities were among the most politically, economically and socially
neglected groups in the country. UNDP-Albania
Launches the National Human
Development Report for Albania 2005 [access information unavailable] * Young people in * There are
approximately 6700 employed and street children in * Only 3 out of 10
children attend secondary schools in rural areas. * 64% of Roma and
24% of Egyptian children aged 7-20 years old are illiterate. Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Government of www.imf.org/external/NP/prsp/2000/alb/01/INDEX.HTM#II [accessed 28 March 2011] II. POVERTY
PROFILE 9. The social
stratification since the 1996 LSMS may have changed as a result of the
economic downfall caused by the pyramid scheme crisis, and large-scale
internal and external migration. There are indications that significant
pockets of urban poverty have appeared. Slum-like communities have formed
around Tirana and other major cities, lacking urban infrastructure and
services. Children from these communities often have to walk for about an
hour to reach school. It is estimated that in Tirana there are about 800
street children. Parents working abroad often leave their children with
grandparents or relatives who in some cases are not able to take adequate
care of them. Everychild
::: Helping Children Worldwide - Country Overview [access information unavailable] New social groups,
such as street children and children who leave the education system early in
order to work, have been created; UNICEF states that there are approximately
2,500 street children in Albania, and the Ministry of Education has reported
that 16,000 children do not attend compulsory education. Project representation/childhouse
Tirana National Help Program www.adanet.com.al/kinderhaustirana/interest.htm [accessed 28 March 2011] The child house
Tirana is open leisure facilities for street children, children from ruined
parental homes, children of former refugees and children from social weakly
supplied families between 6 and 16 years independent of ethical and cultural
origin, their religion, membership and
their sex.. The Kinderhaus Tirana is open leisure
facilities for street children. The integration of more partly handicapped
children is natural in the context of the possibilities. National Help
Program All
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