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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Information about
Street Children - Benin [DOC] This report was
based on a paper submitted by Croix Rouge, Service pour le Developpement Integral de l’Homme,
Centre Don Bosco and Association Francaise des Volontaires du Progres and is
taken from “A Civil Society Forum for Francophone Africa on Promoting and
Protecting the Rights of Street Children”, 2-5 June 2004, Senegal At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21
September 2011] FACTORS PUSHING
CHILDREN ONTO THE STREETS - low income of families and general poverty of the
social sphere; inadequate education and training opportunities (particularly
for girls); traditional customs such as forced marriages, polygamy and female
genital mutilation; the high number of children per family; the absence of
leisure activities in rural areas and the attractions of city life; the high
demand for child labor in the informal economy; the total impunity of those
who exploit children both economically and sexually, and the difficulty of
applying legislation that is either inadequate or non-existent. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61554.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] CHILDREN
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There were numerous street children, most of whom did not attend school and
had limited access to government resources. Some street children became
prostitutes to support themselves. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 20 October 2006 www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/898586b1dc7b4043c1256a450044f331/af244100fbf1ad36c125723a003fa4ab/$FILE/G0644845.doc [accessed 23 January
2011] [73] The Committee
expresses its concern at the increasing number of children living, working
and begging in the streets (the talibés),
especially in urban areas, who are also victims of economic and sexual
exploitation and at risk of HIV/AIDS infections. The Committee is also concerned at the lack
of programmes to address the needs of these
children and to protect them. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 4 June 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/benin1999.html [accessed 23 January
2011] [29] While
recognizing the State party's openness to hosting refugees from neighboring
States, the Committee remains concerned at the lack of adequate legal
provisions, policies and programs to guarantee and protect the rights of
refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children. The Committee recommends
that the State party develop a legislative framework for the protection of
refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children and implement policies and
programs to guarantee their adequate access to health, education and social
services Street
Children - The Facts New
Internationalist, April 1, 2005 oliver.friends.tas.edu.au/ni/issue377/facts.htm [accessed 8 Aug 2013] Plan marks Global
Campaign for Education Action Week Plan International,
Press Release, 19/04/2005 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21
September 2011] A
Family For Homeless Children In UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO – Grassroots story by Sebastien Agboton, President of the Committee for Literacy and
Basic Education in www.unesco.org/education/efa/know_sharing/grassroots_stories/benin.shtml [accessed 6 April
2011] A
Belgian Princess Opens A Home For Fernand Azonnanon in www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/africa/benin/a-belgian-princess-opens-a-home-for-benins-street-kids/ [accessed 6 April
2011] With a 100-bed
dormitory, a dining hall, a library and administrative blocks, street
children of Segbeya district and other poor areas
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