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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season
in Gulf states Agence France-Presse AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 10 June 2011] According to a
study by the Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in ***
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– www.unicef.org/infobycountry/kuwait.html [accessed 10 June 2011] Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61692.htm [accessed 17 February 2011] CHILDREN
- The
government is generally committed to the rights and welfare of citizen
children for whom education is free through the university level. Primary and
secondary education are compulsory and universal. The Ministry of Planning
estimated primary enrollment at 87 percent for the 2004-05 academic year. In
the 2003-04 school year, 57 percent of children completed secondary school.
Both boys and girls had equal access to the same quality of education. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 9
October 1998 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/kuwait1998.html [accessed 1 March 2011] [25] The Committee
is concerned at the recent increase in the number of children living and/or
working on the streets, especially children of the Bedoon community. It
recommends that all appropriate measures be taken to provide access to school
to all children and prevent and combat school dropout. It also recommends the
development of vocational training projects, as well as of adequate social
programs. Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season
in Agence France-Presse AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 10 June 2011] According to a
study by the Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Committee On Rights Of Child Continues
Consideration Of Report Of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
29 September 1998 www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/A6865DFC0726D0598025668E005A0432?opendocument [accessed 10 June 2011] Committee members raised
further questions on street children and beggary; prison conditions
for juvenile delinquents; rehabilitation of juvenile offenders; prohibition
of child labor; protection of children from violent electronic media;
landmines; and traditional practices prejudicial to children, among other
things. In response to the additional
questions, the delegation said that there was no practice of beggary in Street Children--Long-time NEF
Concern - Major New Arab Initiative The Near East Foundation, November 23, 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 June 2011] Children's Rights Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 www.hrw.org/legacy/wr2k1/print/html/children.htm [accessed 10 June 2011] REFUGEE, IMMIGRANT,
AND STATELESS CHILDREN
- Children of longtime Bidun residents of Human Rights
Developments Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 www.hrw.org/legacy/wr2k1/mideast/kuwait.html [accessed 10 June 2011] More than 100,000
long-term residents of Gap persists between principles of
children's rights convention, daily violation of those rights, Press Release GA/SHC/3429 20th Meeting (PM)
30 October 1997 www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1997/19971030.GASH3429.P2.html [accessed 10 June 2011] THIRD COMMITTEE - 4
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