Street Children

Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF's concept of boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom "the street" (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of livelihood, and who are inadequately protected or supervised. Street girls are sometimes called gamines, a term that is also used for Colombian street children of either sex.Some street children, notably in more developed …

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World Bank Group · 29 October 2024 English

labour due to the presence of street children: The presence of street children around the community raises significant number of street children are present around the university. These street children may be at risk


EU: European Union · 18 October 2024 English

Violence against children takes various forms and occurs in different contexts. It can have serious, harmful consequences in both the short and long term, and estimates of the scale of …

relegated to the margins of society, including street children, are frequently targeted. Moreover, children


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 18 October 2024 English

Violence against children takes various forms and occurs in different contexts. It can have serious, harmful consequences in both the short and long term, and estimates of the scale of …

relegated to the margins of society, including street children, are frequently targeted. Moreover, children


UN: The United Nations · 7 October 2024 English

34 p.

children and other vulnerable groups such as street children do not have channels of communicating their


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 7 October 2024 English

rural and remote children, child workers, street children, or ethnic minorities, among other potentially


ECPAT: End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism · 2 October 2024 English

This requires Share learning and build consensus us, as an organisation, to be humble to learn and principles across the ECPAT from and with children, and be open to network …

transform stereotypes about of children, including street children, survivors children, their agency and capacities


UN: The United Nations · 26 September 2024 English

10 p.

April 2024, to mark the International Day for Street Children, coordination and awareness-raising meetings


UN: The United Nations · 17 September 2024 English

10 p.

social services were trained to deal with street children, including through the identification and referral


UN: The United Nations · 16 September 2024 English

7 p.

Violence against Children, the Consortium for Street Children and the University of Dundee, was scheduled


World Bank Group · 11 September 2024 English

kids: A local market with high numbers of street children surrounds Mangochi District Hospital. These themselves. A local market with high numbers of street children surrounds Mangochi District Hospital. These


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