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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Information about
Street Children - Jordan [DOC] This report is taken
from “A Civil Society Forum for North Africa and the Middle East on Promoting
and Protecting the Rights of Street Children”, 3-6 March 2004, At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 June
2011] Factors pushing
children onto the streets: These include exposure to sexual abuse and/or
physical violence, school dropout or inadequate attendance, enculturation
into street gangs as a kind of surrogate family, substance abuse (especially
glue and organic solvents), working (to support other family members),
dysfunctional or broken families, conflict with the law, and rejection by communities. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/jordan.htm [accessed 16
February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child vendors on the streets of CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The IRC continues
to conduct research on child labor and is also implementing a program for
street children in Irbid with support from the Swiss government. In May 2004, the National Council for
Family Affairs in collaboration with the World Bank, concluded a study of
disadvantaged children in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61691.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The government attempted to safeguard some other
children's rights, especially regarding child labor. Although the law
prohibits most children under the age of 16 from working, child vendors
worked on the streets of SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] The MOL's Child Labor Unit received, investigated, and addressed child
labor complaints (although it has no formal mechanism for doing so) and
coordinated government action regarding child labor. Anecdotal evidence
suggested that child labor, especially of street vendors, was more prevalent
during the year than it was 10 years ago. Despite the difficulty in
accurately measuring the extent of child labor, child labor is particularly
noticed in big cities, where children work in mechanical workshops or as
peddlers at traffic lights. A 2001 official study estimated that 38 thousand
children were working. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, September 29, 2006 www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/898586b1dc7b4043c1256a450044f331/68a6439ed0f8e956c1257259004be2f2/$FILE/G0645032.doc [accessed 16
February 2011] [90] The Committee is
encouraged by the State party’s efforts to address the issue of children
working and/or living on the streets, including the amendment of the
Juveniles Act (Law No. 52 of 2002) which introduced a new definition of child
beggars as children in need of protection and care. The Committee notes with
concern that due to insufficient information and statistics about street
children the number of children working in the streets can only be estimated.
The lack of a systematic and comprehensive strategy to address the situation
and protect these children is also of concern to the Committee. Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 2 June 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/jordan2000.html [accessed 28
February 2011] [51]
The Committee is concerned about large numbers of children living and/or
working on the streets, particularly in urban centers such as Amman, Zarqa and Irbid, who are amongst the most marginalized
groups of children in Jordan. Noting that begging is an offence, the
Committee is concerned that children who are picked up for this crime risk
court proceedings, or placement in detention or orphanages. Regional Experts
Continue Discussions On Child Labor At one time this article
had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 June
2011] When working boys
and girls are sexually assaulted, bullied by their peers and treated as
social rejects, their road to recovery and social reintegration, even under
the hands of professionals, is no easy task. Rape of new boys on the street may take place as a kind
of initiation to the streets by other street boys and may continue to occur
as long as a boy is vulnerable and unable to protect himself. Around 27% of the surveyed children working
in Irbid admitted to have been sexually harassed by some of the older boys in
their workplace. Overview
of Adolescent Life - A Changing World UN Population Fund
UNFPA, State of www.unfpa.org/swp/2003/english/ch1/page4.htm [Last access date
unavailable] CHANGING FAMILIES
AND LIVING CONDITIONS
- Many young people are living without one or both of their parents, and may
not be able to rely on their families for support. In All material
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