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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Abandon Of
Underaged www.arhiv.reginapacis.org/en/34.php [accessed 21 June
2011] There are no
“street children” in Gazza Supports
Emergency Appeal For Distributed by PR
Newswire on behalf of Romanian Orphanage Trust www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=21244 [accessed 21 June
2011] "Their life is
miserable, just an existence. In the worst cases the orphanages have no hot
water, medicines or electricity. The plumbing has broken, toilets are blocked
with feces, which pour out into the grounds of the orphanage, windows are
cracked and the children are fed on porridge or rice. The children are
covered in sores; they live two or three in a cot on mattresses reeking of
urine. In some cases I've seen girls chained by their ankles to the bed
at night," Paul continued. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/moldova.htm [accessed 21
February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The net primary school attendance rate was
approximately 98.0 percent. According
to the government, about 800 children did not attend school; however, press
reports indicate that the number is higher, particularly in rural areas. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61664.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN
- The
law mandates government-provided free, compulsory, and universal education
for at least nine years. Many inadequately funded schools, particularly in
rural areas, charged parents for school supplies. While not illegal, such
fees contradicted the government's policies and resulted in some parents
keeping their children at home. The government and local authorities provided
annual assistance to children from vulnerable families to buy school
supplies. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that net primary school
enrollment was 86 percent and secondary school enrollment was approximately
73 percent, with little difference in the rates of boys and girls. The situation of
children in orphanages was generally very poor. Due to lack of funding,
children's institutions had major problems, including inadequate food,
"warehousing" of children, lack of heat in the winter, and disease.
According to the Ministry of Education, there were approximately 11,500
institutionalized children. Not all institutionalized children were orphans;
the number of children entrusted to the government by needy parents or by
parents leaving the country to look for work reportedly continued to grow.
The government estimated that parents of approximately 20 thousand children
worked abroad and placed their children in boarding schools or entrusted them
to relatives. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The country was a major country of origin for women and children trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation and men and children who were trafficked to Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 4 October 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/moldova2002.html [accessed 21
February 2011] [47] While noting
the amendment to the Penal Code regarding child beggars, the Committee notes
that the negative effects of the current economic crisis and the consequent
deterioration in the family environment have resulted in an increasing number
of street children in Chisinau and other cities. Messages from November 07, 2004 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June
2011] 26% of street
children were either disengaged from their families due to abandonment,
fleeing domestic violence, were orphaned or had only occasional contact due
to poor relationships. All of this group were homeless and lived on the
streets in abandoned cars, sewers and with groups of other children in venues
provided by their group leaders/protectors. www.jdc.org/nonsect_currresp_moldova.html [Last access date
unavailable] "CHILDREN OF
THE STREETS" - PROVIDING A CENTER FOR CHILDREN IN ADUL LUI VODA
(2007-PRESENT)
- Scotland’s
Youngsters And Traveling Fans Win The Hearts And Minds In Moldova EveryChild, Chisinau, 13th Oct
2004 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June
2011] DETAILS - The young
players heard about how the Center provides support for Moldova's street
children; facilities like a day-care center, access to education and medical
care, as well as social rehabilitation all contribute to the long-term goal
of integrating children back into mainstream education and preventing street
children from entering institutional care One
Child Abandoned Each Day In United Nations
Children's Fund UNICEF, Central and Eastern www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_2276.html [accessed 21 June
2011] At least one child
under seven is abandoned each day in Valentyn Bejan,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC, 25 May
2005 -- This article first appeared in ‘The
Bridge’ www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/europe-central-asia/moldova/moldova-suffers-disaster-by-depopulation/ [accessed 21 June
2011] As a result of a
decade of exodus, the traditional family is disintegrating: separation and
divorce are common and children often end up being cared for by relatives and
neighbors, falling prey to violence and exploitation. The issue of the “feminization” of poverty
is also causing concern. Women have fewer economic opportunities than men and
they have been leaving out of a desire to better their lives and those of
their children. But in what is still
an overwhelmingly matriarchal society, this too often results in broken
families and abandoned children. All
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