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Direct linkSkovdal, Morten; Campbell, Catherine; Onyango, Vincent – Child Care in Practice, 2013
African children who care for sick or dying adults are receiving less than optimal support due to confusion about whether or not young caregiving constitutes a form of child labour and the tendency of the authorities to play it "safe" and side with more abolitionist approaches to children's work, avoiding engagement with support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, At Risk Persons, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Moyi, Peter – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of child labor in the world and estimates show that it continues to grow. This paper examines the causes and magnitude of child labor in Kenya. Unlike previous studies that examined child labor as only an economic activity, this paper includes household chores. Including household chores is important…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Incidence, Educational Attainment, Child Labor
Munene, Ishmael I.; Ruto, Sara J. – International Review of Education, 2010
Since 1948, various UN conventions have recognised basic education as a human right. Yet this right continues to be denied to many child labourers across the world. This articles draws on the results of a study examining how children in domestic labour in Kenya access and participate in education. Three issues were explored: (1) the correlates of…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Child Health, Foreign Countries, Child Labor
Datta, Dipankar; Phillip, Serene; Verma, Prashant Kumar – Education 3-13, 2009
Both (a) in-school factors such as over-focus on academic performance, absence of uniform, and corporal punishment, and (b) out-of school factors such as caring for ailing parents, child labor, etc., hinder participation of orphan and vulnerable children (PVC) in Free Primary Education (FOE) system in Nyasa Province, Kenya. In this context Concern…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Child Labor, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBuchmann, Claudia – Social Forces, 2000
Analysis of household survey data in Kenya revealed that children's enrollment in school was affected by parents' expectations for future financial help from children and (for girls) by parents' perceptions of labor market discrimination against women, but not by patriarchal norms or child labor. The results challenge traditional explanations of…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences
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
Mungai, Anne M. – 2002
This book examines the education of rural girls in Kenya and reports on a study of factors influencing girls' educational success or failure. Three chapters provide background on traditional values and practices affecting girls' education; describe Kenya's education system, including preprimary, primary (grades 1-8), secondary, university,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Child Labor, Cultural Influences
