State of the World's Street Children: Violence Report
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Transcript of State of the World's Street Children: Violence Report
ISPCAN 2008
DR. SARAH THOMAS DE BENÍTEZ Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
(CASE)London School of Economics and Political
Science [email protected]
STATE OF THE WORLD’S STREET CHILDREN: VIOLENCE
• ‘STREET’ CHILDREN - Understandings…• STATE OF THE WORLD’S STREET CHILDREN
REPORT– Resource for action– Reflection of networking and cooperation
• FINDINGS• MAIN MESSAGES • RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERVIEW
WHO ARE ‘STREET’ CHILDREN?© P
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NOT ‘JUST A THIRD WORLD’ PROBLEM’...
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1. FIRST GLOBAL REPORT2. PRO-ACTIVE – OFFERS
WAYS FORWARD3. FROM CHILD TO POLICY
25 YEARS AFTER STREET CHILDREN FIRST MADE THE HEADLINES, GOVERNMENTS STILL USE VIOLENT TACTICS
WITH STREET CHILDREN, CONTRAVENING THEIR
RIGHTS, SCAPEGOATING THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
STATE OF THE WORLD’S STREET CHILDREN REPORT
A MATURING CIVIL SOCIETY– CONSORTIUM – 50 + MEMBERS– ‘VIOLENCE’ WORKING GROUP– EVIDENCE – 70 COUNTRIES– 16 CSO CASE STUDIES
CIVIL SOCIETY AND ACADEMIA– EXPERT TASK FORCE & REVIEWERS– DRAWING ‘PSYCHO’ AND ‘SOCIAL’
TOGETHER
STATE OF THE WORLD’S STREET CHILDREN: VIOLENCE
WHY NOW?
1.CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
2. EXCLUSION AND AGENCY
4. MULTIPLE ACTORS
STATE OF THE WORLD’S STREET
CHILDREN WHY FOCUS ON VIOLENCE?
STREET CHILDREN ACCUMULATE EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE FROM AN EARLY AGE. THESE FUNDAMENTALLY AFFECT CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT
BUT ARE RARELY ADDRESSED BY POLICIES OR SERVICES
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HOW’S OUR THINKING MOVING FORWARD? THINKING ECOLOGICALLY
Source: WHO (2002) World Report on Violence and Health. Geneva, World Health Organization
ECOLOGICAL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF VIOLENCE
TYPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE
DIMENSIONS OF VIOLENCESTREET CHILDREN
Source: WHO-ISPCAN (2006) Preventing Child Maltreatment: A guide to taking action and generating evidence
FINDINGS - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES...© M
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onCHILDREN – IN PERSISTENT EXCLUSION DEMONSTRATEAGENCY
FAMILIES – BLAMED BUT LACK SUPPORT
STREET CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RETAIN LINKS
FINDINGS – CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENTS...
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CIVIL SOCIETY – MORE CONNECTED, BETTER RESOURCED, EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE
AUTHORITIES – VIOLENCE SOMETIMES ENTRENCHED, BUT EXAMPLES OF INCLUSION & PROTECTION
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STREET CHILDRENARE BELOW THE STATISTICALRADAR
‘NUMBERS’ AREA DISTRACTION
PSYCHOLOGICALAND SOCIALRESEARCH NOTINTEGRATED
POOR RESEARCHFOR POLICY-MAKING
FINDINGS – ABOUT RESEARCH© D
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• ‘STREET’ CHILDREN ARE BOMBARDED OVER TIME BY ABUSE FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES AND OF VARYING NATURES
• PREVENTION MEANS: SUPPORT FOR PARENTING AND FAMILIES, INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TO REDUCE LOCAL VIOLENCE
• PROTECTION MEANS: ENFORCEMENT OF RESPECT FOR CHILDREN, SAFE CARE SYSTEMS AND INVESTMENT IN EACH CHILD
MAIN MESSAGES
• CHILD-CENTRED SOCIAL PROTECTION – EQUIP ‘STREET’ CHILDREN WITH STRATEGIES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
• SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES – PARENTING, UNIVERSAL CHILD BENEFIT
• CONNECTED COMMUNITIES – LINKING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INTO SERVICES
• STATE PROTECTION – MAKE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE SYSTEMS SAFE
• STRENGTHEN RESEARCH – HOW TO PREVENT AND PROTECT CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SPACES
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
• JOIN FORCES WITH CONSORTIUM www.streetchildren.org.uk – ADVOCATE AND MOTIVATE GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT STREET CHILDREN
• SPREAD GOOD PRACTICE – INFORM PRACTITIONERS WORKING IN PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF ‘STREET’ CHILDREN
• RESEARCH – ENCOURAGE PSYCHO-SOCIAL RESEARCH, AND RESEARCH FOR POLICY IMPROVEMENT
HOW CAN WE USE THIS REPORT?
CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN
WWW.STREETCHILDREN.ORG.UK
THANK YOU