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Rizzini, Irene; Lusk, Mark W. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents an overview of the situation of street children and youth in urban Latin America. Findings from numerous studies throughout the region are synthesized. Suggests that economic factors underlie the marginalization of vast numbers of Latin American children. The result is the exclusion of many of the region's children from meaningful…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Developing Nations
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Green, Paul E. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
Partly because of mobility, but mostly because of poverty, migrant children are systematically denied their right to equal educational opportunity. This review covers migrant families' immigration and illegal immigration, migration patterns, poor living conditions, impact of migrant workers on the U.S. economy, children as migrant workers, impact…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Child Labor, Economic Impact
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Salazar, Maria Cristina – Child Welfare, 1991
Child labor in Latin America is discussed in terms of its history and social and economic conditions. Relationships between children and adults and new social policies that effect child labor in Latin America are considered. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Developing Nations
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Eaton, Martin; da Silva, Carlos Pereira – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Provides an overview of the role of Portuguese child laborers, focusing on the textile, clothing, and footwear industries. Argues that in the long term, positive outcomes will be based upon improved education; an alteration in the views of the factory owners, parents, and their children; and greater knowledge of innovative working practices among…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childhood Attitudes
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Cohen, Miriam – History of Education Quarterly, 2005
In this article, the author discusses her comparative study of the history of the welfare state in the United States, England, and France, she studies some of the usual features of the welfare state, which include important entitlement programs, such as social insurance, and protective labor legislation, but she also focuses on the development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Public Education, Politics of Education
Addams, Jane – 1994
This book presents speeches and essays by Jane Addams, from the period between 1893 and 1930, that present a view of education as a broad process of cultural transformation and renewal, as the foundation of democracy. Among the topics presented are: (1) an exploration of some of the problems women faced upon graduating from college and returning…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Needs
Myers, William; Boyden, Jo – 1998
In an effort to stimulate discussion and provide a tool for policymakers and practitioners in developing effective child-centered programs that protect children from hazardous and exploitative labor, this paper examines ways in which work can contribute to, as well as harm, children's development; it also aims to provide a conceptual framework for…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Labor, Children
Rothenberg, Daniel – 1998
Based on over 250 interviews across North America, this book portrays the farm labor system through the stories of migrant workers, the growers and contractors that hire them, and those on the front lines of immigration policy. The first two chapters describe the life of migrant workers and tell the history of the structural inequities that define…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Braceros, Child Labor, Disadvantaged
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Verma, Suman – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1995
Examines possible solutions for improving the status of children in India. Suggests that there is a need to focus on child rights issues related to public awareness, attitudinal change, political commitment, mass sensitization, and outreach. Suggests an appropriate strategy for the restoration of the rights of children in India. (AA)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Labor, Child Neglect
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 2001
Based on the view that strategies to eradicate poverty must be centered on the realization of children's rights, this report describes the experiences of the 48 least developed countries (LDCs) during the 1990s. The report defines LDCs and provides a rationale for using progress in ensuring children's rights as a yardstick for measuring poverty.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Health, Child Labor, Children
Verhellen, Eugeen – 2000
Noting that the adoption and entry into force of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 was an important milestone in history reflecting the changing image of the child, this book examines the relationship between education and children's rights. Chapter 1 deals with motivation, the different but interconnected reasons for…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
Marcus, Rachel; Harper, Caroline – 1997
Recognizing the vulnerability of working children to possible exploitation and abuse, this report examines remunerated and unremunerated work performed by children worldwide, ranging from child labor in factories and agriculture to work conducted within the family household. Section 1 of the report describes the scale and importance of children's…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children, Education Work Relationship
Fallon, Peter; Tzannatos, Zafiris – 1998
An estimated 250 million children are working worldwide, and child labor is one of the most devastating consequences of persistent poverty. This monograph proposes that the World Bank take stronger action, and outlines what to do and how, to help address the issue more pro-actively by partnering with other world organizations. The monograph first…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Labor, Child Welfare
McCartney, Irene, Ed. – 2000
For many years, farmworkers in Zimbabwe have been a marginalized and neglected community. This book describes the lives of hired farmworkers' children in their own words. Over 850 children aged 10-17 were interviewed or wrote essays in English or Shona. Nearly all the children were in elementary school in grades 4-7. Many farm children undergo…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Child Rearing
Ennew, Judith, Ed. – 1995
Harmonized with UNICEF's efforts to reduce hazardous and exploitative forms of child labor, this compilation of key texts examines the area of child labor and basic education. The articles are organized into four main areas covering ideas, debates, evidence, and case studies. The first part provides some definitions of childhood, work,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Children
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