Human Trafficking in [Switzerland] [other countries]
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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children

In the early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/streetchildren/Switzerland.htm

Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector led by financial services and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. [The World Factbook, U.S.C.I.A. 2009]

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Street Children & Homeless Juveniles in Switzerland? - Pilot Study in the City of Zürich

Prof. Dr. R. Fatke (Project Leader), Dr. T. Gabriel (Project Leader), Lic. phil. R. Stohler, B. Aeschbacher, Universität Zürich, Duration of Project: Aug 2003 to Apr 2004

www.research-projects.uzh.ch/p3130.htm

[accessed 26 July 2011]

The project investigates "street children" and homeless marginalized youth, their problems and coping strategies in Zürich.

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Human Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006

www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61678.htm

[accessed 28 December 2010]

CHILDREN - The government has no special programs for children, and there is no special governmental office for children's matters; however, the government was strongly committed to children's rights and welfare. It amply funded a system of public education and need-based subsidies of health insurance.

Education was free and compulsory for 9 years, from age 6 or 7 through age 16 or 17, depending on the canton. Some cantons offered a 10th school year. Almost all children attended school. Almost 60 percent completed professional vocational or technical training with another 30 percent continuing to earn higher-level specialized or university degrees.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 June 2002

www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/switzerland2002.html

[accessed 28 December 2010]

[54] While noting the current policy of the State party to prevent and fight drug use by adolescents, the Committee is concerned at the increasing use and sale of illegal drugs among adolescents.

[59] The Committee is concerned at the lack of information on Roma and travelers and their children in the State party and that there is no policy for these children.

Street Children & Homeless Juveniles in Switzerland? - Pilot Study in the City of Zürich

Prof. Dr. R. Fatke (Project Leader), Dr. T. Gabriel (Project Leader), Lic. phil. R. Stohler, B. Aeschbacher, Universität Zürich, Duration of Project: Aug 2003 to Apr 2004

www.research-projects.uzh.ch/p3130.htm

[accessed 26 July 2011]

The project investigates "street children" and homeless marginalized youth, their problems and coping strategies in Zürich.

Country's Tradition Includes Concern For Humanity

www.internationalspecialreports.com/europe/00/switzerland/10.html

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"Nobody thinks there are street children in Switzerland but there are in a few cities." There were also beggars, "but we have to be careful, they are very rich beggars."

Study on Child Prostitution

ECPAT International Newsletters - Issue No:27 1/May/1999

At one time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]

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STUDY ON CHILD PROSTITUTION - ECPAT Switzerland published in March its report on “Child Prostitution in Switzerland”. The 60 documented cases and eight in-depth interviews with victims show that commercial sexual abuse of children includes domestic violence, where fathers, stepfathers and other relatives rape children and then sell them to dealers for money. At the same time, cases of children who flee from home to the streets and make their living from prostitution were also found.

Lions Clubs International (LCIF) Releases Annual Report

The International Association of Lions Clubs, 2005-03-28

At one time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]

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42-YOUTH RELATED GRANTS - The grants ranged from US$100,000 to expand a Lions-Quest program in Singapore and US$75,000 for a mobile clinic for street children in Switzerland to US$75,000 to build a primary school in Turkey and US$55,491 to construct a children's home in Russia.

Friends-International: The Street Children Network - Swiss Samlanh

www.friends-international.org/international.html#d

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ACTIVITIES: ADVOCACY: Swiss Samlanh is publicizing the issues surrounding street children in Switzerland. Various media are being used such as public workshops and photo exhibitions.

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