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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in The Netherland Antilles.
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 *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help - 918 Here is the best
phone number to call … It doesn't matter what time you call. The child helpline number for the
Netherlands Antilles is 918. The switchboard is manned 24 hours a day. Committee on Rights
of Child Examines Report of the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 15 January 2009 www.kinderrechten.nl/images/16/261.pdf [accessed 26 June
2011] kinderrechten.nl/assets/2016/11/261.pdf [accessed 25
December 2016] Even in these
historic moments of constitutional reform, on explicit instructions from the
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, the Government had declared youth
policy as the highest priority, Ms. Leeflang
underscored. That priority was embodied in the "Delta plan for education
and youth" with the ambition to reach and keep track of all children and
youngsters and intervene where needed, in order to prevent them from dropping
out of school. A major achievement
of that plan was the amendment of the National Ordinance on Compulsory
Education, for children 4 to 18 years, Ms. Leeflang
observed. Special attention had also been given to enforce compulsory
education in a multidisciplinary way. For youngsters who had already dropped
out or threatened to drop out, a compulsory Youth Training had been developed
in which training was given up to the age of 24 years. Another achievement
was that by 2008 all legislation regarding primary, secondary and vocational
education had been revised. The new legislation included, for example, the
obligation of schools to report child abuse and the right of parents to
choose the instruction language of their child. Other examples of
achievements made by the Netherlands Antilles were efforts in the recognition
and funding of psychological treatment for children and a law adopted in
October 2008 aimed at protecting each child against child pornography
(including virtual images), prostitution and sexual abuse, as well as a
prohibition against the sale or provision of alcohol to children, Ms. Leeflang concluded. Barometer of Human
and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector [PDF] www.ei-ie.org/statusofteachers/file/%282004%29%20EI%20Barometer%20on%20Trade %20Union%20and%20Human%20Rights%20en.pdf [Last access date
unavailable] [page 90] CURAÇAO CHILD LABOUR - Curaçao is party to international conventions regarding
child labour. The minimum age for employment is 15 years, and minors between
the ages of 15-18 years may only work with parental consent. The law is not
well administered and some minors engage in hazardous occupations. Drug
trafficking by children as young as four years has been reported. There are
counselling and preventative services combating the problem. There is no
specific law addressing child pornography or child prostitution, although
(undefined) the ‘sexual abuse’ of children is a punishable offence. – htcp All
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