Prevalence,
Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children In the first decade of the 21st
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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Iceland. Some of these links may
lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even
false. No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to
verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspect(s) of street life are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got there, how they survive, and how
some manage to leave the street.
Perhaps your paper could focus on how some street children abuse the
public and how they are abused by the public … and how they abuse each
other. Would you like to write about
market children? homeless children? Sexual and labor exploitation? begging? violence? addiction? hunger? neglect? etc. There is a lot to the subject of Street
Children. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
ARCHIVES *** Organizations
Working With And On Behalf Of Street Children - Community Children pangaea.org/street_children/orgs/orgs.htm [accessed 24 May
2011] Barnaheill Soltún 24 (Sigtún 7) 105 Reykjavik Iceland Tel (354) 561 0545 Fax (354) 561 0547 Secretary General: Kristín Jónasdóttir Human Rights
Reports » 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
February 25, 2009 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eur/119084.htm [accessed 26 March
2020] CHILDREN
- The
government was strongly committed to children's rights and welfare. There were reports
of abuse of children during the year. In 2007 the Agency for Child Protection
received 1,586 reports of abuse, including 705 reports of emotional abuse,
462 of physical abuse, and 436 of sexual abuse. The agency operated four
treatment centers and a diagnostic facility for abused and troubled minors
and coordinated the work of 31 committees throughout the country that were
responsible for managing child protection issues in their local areas. The
local committees hired professionals with expertise in sexual abuse. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use. PLEASE RESPECT COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT
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