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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Micronesia. 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 *** Human Rights
Reports » 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eap/119048.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN - The government
was committed to children's welfare through its programs of health care and
education, but these programs were inadequate to meet the needs of the
population. The problem was exacerbated in an environment in which the
traditional extended family unit was losing its importance. Although a compulsory education law requires
all children to begin school at age six, not all did so. A shortage of
qualified teachers and lack of textbooks hampered progress. Children were
permitted to leave school when they reached the age of 14 or after completing
the eighth grade. Children's Rights
Committee Concludes Consideration of Report of United Nations Press
Release, HR/CRC/98/11, 14 January 1998 www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=6430&LangID=E [accessed 4 February
2015] newsarchive.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=6430&LangID=E [accessed 25
December 2016] During the
discussion, Nina Eejima, Assistant Attorney General
of the Federated States of Micronesia, told Committee members that her
country was special because there were no homeless or street children thanks
to the extended family structure which took in children without care. Children
born out of wedlock and abandoned children bore no economic or social stigma
because of their easy assimilation within their extended families or clans. The
Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/micronesia.doc [accessed 2009] GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - There is no
legislation specifically dealing with trafficking. Other general provisions
may be applied to instances of trafficking, however. For example, the
constitution states that slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited
except to punish crime. The removal or confinement of any child younger than
14 by force, deception, or threat without his or her parents’ consent is
prohibited. All
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