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Peer reviewedRosemberg, Fulvia; Andrade, Leandro Feitosa – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Examines representations of street children and child and youth prostitution disseminated through literature and by international and Brazilian media during the 1980s and 1990s. Argues that dissemination of images that stigmatize the poor is caused by the need of the media and of modern philanthropy to make an impact on the public. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedDiversi, Marcelo; Moraes filho, Ney; Morelli, Margareth – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Notes that Brazilian street children are socially branded as criminals, limiting their opportunities to improve themselves and believe they can change their lives for the better. Draws on interviews with street children to provide a true picture of daily struggles and demonstrates ability and creativity in many situations. (LBT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children
Peer reviewedDewees, Anthony; Klees, Steven J. – Comparative Education Review, 1995
Discusses the problems faced by street and working children in Brazil, problems often exacerbated by the educational system. Describes how grass-roots activism led to enactment of an exceptional progressive law protecting children's rights. Examines the failure of technical rationality as the foundation of mainstream educational planning. (SV)
Descriptors: Activism, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Children
Gustafsson-Wright, Emily; Pyne, Hnin Hnin – 2002
Using data from Brazil's 1996 national household survey, various dimensions of child labor were examined by gender, including participation, intensity, and type of activities; the relationships between child labor, education, and future earnings; and the risks of child labor to health and well being. Findings indicate that more boys than girls…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Education Work Relationship
Blanc, Cristina S. – 1992
This publication presents a discussion of the status of poor urban children world-wide and the design of a five-nation study of the condition of distressed urban children. Following an introduction, Section 2 describes the urban child project designed to study and advance the plight of urban children in developing nations. Section 3 outlines the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Labor, Children
Swift, Anthony – 1991
This publication is the second report, tailored to a non-specialist audience, of five country case studies under the Urban Child Program of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) International Child Development Center. The crisis of unprotected children and adolescents in Brazil has developed along with rapid industrialization and great…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Health, Child Labor
