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FEATURED ARTICLES *** The ATD Gérald Bitoun,
Share International, April 1999 www.shareintl.org/archives/homelessness/hl-gbatd.htm [accessed 15 May 2011] A report on homelessness and
poverty in HOMELESSNESS IN FRANCE Population: 60 million Unemployed: 3 million Estimated homeless: 1 million Background Information on Global Themes - Children Compass - A Manual on Human Rights Education with Young
people eycb.coe.int/compass/en/chapter_5/5_1.html [accessed 15 May 2011] THE STATE OF CHILDREN IN EUROPE... - In France, the phenomenon of
street children began to constitute a significant problem in the 1980s. Some
authorities consider that there might be as
many as 10,000 street children, although others estimate that the number is
much lower. ***
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61648.htm [accessed 5 February 2011] CHILDREN - The government was strongly
committed to children's rights and welfare; it amply funded systems of public
education and medical care. The Ministry for Family Affairs oversees
implementation of the government's programs for children. Public schooling is provided free
through the age of 18, and education is compulsory for citizens and
non-citizens between the ages 6 to 16. However, after the October unrest, the
prime minister proposed that some youth be allowed to leave school at age 14
to enter into apprenticeships. Although not compulsory, preschool and
kindergarten for children under age six is free and widely available.
According to INSEE, during the school year 2003-2004, the percentage of
school age children who attended school was 100 percent for ages 3 to 13; but
the percentage dropped to 99.6, 98.6, and 97.3 percent for ages 14, 15, and
16, respectively. Most children completed the equivalent of high school.
There was no evidence of significant differences between the attendance of
girls and boys at the primary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. Background Information on Global Themes - Children Compass - A Manual on Human Rights Education with Young
people eycb.coe.int/compass/en/chapter_5/5_1.html [accessed 15 May 2011] THE STATE OF CHILDREN IN EUROPE... - In France, the phenomenon of street children began to constitute a significant problem in the 1980s. Some authorities consider that there might be as many as 10,000 street children, although others estimate that the number is much lower. Elisabeth Maurel, European
Federation of National Organisations Working with
the Homeless FEANTSA, November 2004 [accessed 15 May 2011] The survey uses the concept of
“houseless”, which is broader than “shelterless”
because it includes people who drift from one form of shelter to another
without necessarily living on the street. The operative definition used was:
anyone sleeping in a location not meant for human habitation or taken in
charge by an organization providing accommodation free or for a small
co-payment. The range of locations not meant
for human habitation includes, for example, public spaces, the street,
gardens, tube stations, mainline railway stations, airports, derelict
buildings, huts, caves, warehouses, factories, cars, trains, cellars, car
parks, etc., but excludes improvised shelters (temporary structures, building
site sheds, immobilized caravans, etc.) which are to do with housing
deficiency rather than being shelterless. The survey estimated the number of
people who had used either a temporary accommodation or meal site service at
least once during one week in January 2001 as 93 000 adults (and 16 000
children), of whom 70 000 were houseless as defined above. Street children Statistics Council of kievstreetkids.org/statistics.htm [accessed 15 May 2011] Children Living on the Street KELLY, P.J.; GRAJCER, B.; RIGATO, F. D. Children Living on
the Street. Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing (OBJN_ISSN 1676-4285), v.2,
n.2, 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 May 2011] While the magnitude of
the problem tends to be greater in less developed countries, there are
still 7,000 street children in the Industrialized Countries -
Commentary The Progress of Nations 1998 www.unicef.org/pon98/indust3.htm [Last access date unavailable] Praying for France's street
children Janey L. DeMeo,
Orphans First - France's street children, 12 Aug 2003 associate.com/groups/orphansfirst/0::108read.html [accessed 15 May 2011] Street children are
everywhere---even in The ATD Gérald Bitoun,
Share International, April 1999 www.shareintl.org/archives/homelessness/hl-gbatd.htm [accessed 15 May 2011] A report on homelessness and
poverty in HOMELESSNESS IN FRANCE Population: 60 million Unemployed: 3 million Estimated homeless: 1 million All material used herein
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