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Street children are especially vulnerable and become victims of sexual exploitation. [16] Most street children spend their time in overcrowded, unsanitary areas which increases their risk of infection and disease. [12] Many are exposed to hazardous working conditions that increase their likelihood of being attacked, mugged, and sexually harassed.
This research proved, that even with street children begging at every intersection, rivers of street children sleeping on the pavements at night, and with gangs of street children roaming around the streets, there were less than 800 children living on the streets of greater Cape Town at this time.
Children on the streets make up approximately 75% of the street children in the Philippines. They work on the streets but do not live there. They work on the streets but do not live there. They generally have a home to return to after working, and some even continue to attend school while working long hours on the streets.
A study of street children in Bombay in 1989 found that 54.5 percent had never been enrolled in school and 66 percent of the children were illiterate. [4] A 2004 study of street children in Bombay revealed that circumstances were largely the same: 60 percent of the children had never attended school and approximately two-thirds were illiterate.
Street Child is a British-founded charity with a global vision: to see all children safe, in school and learning. [1] Established in Sierra Leone in 2008 (under the name Street Child of Sierra Leone, or SCoSL), the charity has since expanded its operations into over 20 of the world’s poorest and most disaster-hit countries, across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
The text is also prominently featured in Tell It Like It Is: How Our Schools Fail Black Children (2005), edited by Brian Richardson. [7] [8] The 2021 BBC One documentary Subnormal: A British Scandal describes the events surrounding the racism of a leaked school report, leading to the publication of Coard's book.
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In U.S. school settings same-sex (female and male) sexual misconduct against students by educators "ranges from 18 to 28% of reported cases, depending on the study" [262] An American survey found that children sexually abused by relatives were much more likely to be affiliated with Protestantism, while persons sexually abused by nonrelatives ...