Children Living or Working on the Street

Blame and Banishment: The Underground HIV Epidemic Affecting Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
UNICEF | Thursday, July 08, 2010
An eye-opening analysis of the social, economic, political and family problems contributing to an overwhelming HIV epidemic that disproportionately affects young people, adolescents and children. View document

How is Street Life? An Examination of the Subjective Wellbeing of Street Children in China
International Social Work | Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The findings of the study underscore the impact of life on the streets on children’s overall subjective wellbeing and the importance of providing life necessities and psychological counseling to these children. View document

Why Do Separated Children Matter? A Policy Briefing Paper
EveryChild | Saturday, November 01, 2008 | 428KB
Evaluation of the need for increased understanding and inclusive responses to highly marginalized and separated children. View document

Mapping of Residential Care Institutions in Sierra Leone
UNICEF | Friday, August 01, 2008 | 484 KB
Mapping of existing facilities caring for children in residential capacity for use in developing child protection standards View document

Situation Assessment of Children Living and/or Working on the Streets in Harare adn Chitungwiza
Harare Task Force on Children Living and/or Working on the Streets | Sunday, June 01, 2008 | 2.16MB
Analysis of the contributing causes, needs and vulnerabilities of children living and/or working in the street in Zimbabwe. View document

Children’s Property and Inheritance Rights, HIV and AIDS, and Social Protection in Southern and Eastern Africa
Laurel L. Rose, Ph.D. | 2008 | 1.29MB
Discusses the bi-directional relationship between HIV/AIDS and agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods, including the relationship between HIV/AIDS and children’s property and inheritance rights View document

Keeping Children Safe: Standards for Child Protection
Keeping Children Safe Coalition | 2008 | 1.45 MB
The first tool in the Keeping Children Safe Toolkit which explains what the basic standards should be for all organisations across the world working with and for children directly and indirectly View document

Study on Child Abuse: India
Dr. Loveleen Kacker, Srinivas Varadan, Pravesh Kumar | 2007 | 4.75 MB
Presents the findings of a nationwide study into the extent and characteristics of child abuse and girl neglect in India. Includes: children in a family environment but not attending school; children in schools; children in institutional care; working children; and street children. View document

Study of Policies and Programmes Addressing the Right of Street Children to Education
Hitman Gurung | 2004 | 642 KB
The study provides an overview of current policies and programs that address the educational needs of street children as well as an analysis of their needs. It identifies best practices, gaps, and challenges in education and makes recommendations for government policy and programs. View document

Street Children and Juvenile Justice - Recommendations
Marie Wernham | 2004 | 188 KB
General recommendations for addressing street children in the context of juvenile justice. Targeted at governments and other actors in the justice system. Includes a tabular breakdown of which actors should collaborate with government in addressing each specific recommendation. View document