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interest to you. You might be
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Children in Viipuri
Attest to Sex Trips by Finns Marjo Ollikainen
in Viipuri/Vyborg, Helsingin
Sanomat, 29.1.2000 www2.hs.fi/english/archive/thisweek/05082000.html [accessed 15 May
2011] There are about 200 street children in Viipuri, and they have anything but an easy life. For example, 13-year old Andrei and 14-year-old Vova are on the street because of their parents' alcoholism, and many of these street children are driven to prostitution because of drug addiction, because they are hungry, or just because they want a warm place to spend the night. Sergei Semenkov, a doctor living in Finland, issues the reminder that there would be no supply unless there was demand. The clientele of the Viipuri child prostitutes is 98% Finnish. homes for street
kids. She said professional counselling was needed for the street
people. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless Rebeccas Community -- This
is for anyone aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 15 May 2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they
won't tell anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody
for you, or you are in danger. They
are open 24 Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call In Finland, call 09
753 5121 Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61647.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The
government was strongly committed to children's rights and welfare. Public
education and health care systems were well funded. Education was free and
compulsory for all children ages 7 to 16, more than 99 percent of whom
attended school. Most children attended school until graduation from high
school. Education at universities and trade schools was also free. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) - 2005 UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 30-09-2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/e75b499842881be7c1257092002e4f76?OpenDocument [accessed 5 February
2011] [42] While noting
the State party's efforts in this regard, the Committee expresses concern at
the high dropout rate from school among Roma children and at their
difficulties in accessing education, which negatively impact their
development and future access to employment. In addition, the Committee also
notes with concern the lack of teachers and of pre-school teaching material
in the Roma language. EFCW, Roberta Cecchetti, Living on the Edges, Children Who Work in beta.globalmarch.org/resourcecentre/world/finland.pdf [accessed 12 October
2012] OTHER HAZARDOUS
CHILD LABOUR
- The problem of street children is not large and estimates suggest that
there are about 100-200 children. Meeting
“Children on the Street”
[PDF] Ministry of Education, Russian Federation, Council of the Baltic Sea States Working Group for Co-operation on Children at Risk, Moscow, 27th to 29th of April 2003 www.childcentre.info/projects/street_children/dbaFile11658.pdf [accessed 15 May
2011] [Page 74] In Street
Children and Homelessness Youth Advocate
Program [accessed 15 May
2011] PROTECTING CHILDREN - The Finnish
devised a plan in 1987 including house-building, social welfare, health care
service, and a duty to provide a decent home for every homeless person. The
number of homeless people in All
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