Essays about: "Street children"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 61 essays containing the words Street children.

  1. 31. Securing the child´s best interest for unaccompanied minors living in group homes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Lennartsson; [2014]
    Keywords : The child´s best interest; policy implementation; street-level bureaucrats; unaccompanied minor asylum seekers; group home personnel; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the part of the policy process called implementation. Theorists like Lipsky (1980) and Rice (2012) assign the street-level bureaucrats a major role in this process. The street-level bureaucrats of object in this study are personnel on group homes for unaccompanied minors. READ MORE

  2. 32. STREET CHILDREN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD PROTECTIONREGULATIONS : COMPARING BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : August de Brito; [2014]
    Keywords : Street children; Brazil; South Africa; children s rights; child protection;

    Abstract : Children are the group of a society that is most vulnerable to the effects of poverty and inequality.Street children, particularly, could represent the ultimate misfortune of poverty and inequality. The problem is enlarged by the indication that the number of street children around the world isincreasing in pace with increasing social inequality. READ MORE

  3. 33. “Stuck in a place” : the independent mobility of children living in a city

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Mark Wales; [2014]
    Keywords : children; city; space; place; social capital; social cohesion; segregation; community; independent mobility; landscape architecture; planning; walking interviews; public realm; sense of place;

    Abstract : This thesis is a threefold exploration into the independent mobility of children in living in a city. Firstly, the literature review investigated children’s place in the city and found that children are spending increasingly longer parts of their daily lives in children’s institutions such as schools. READ MORE

  4. 34. Once a Lion – Never a cat? A minor field study of former street children’s experiences of stigma and sustainable resettlement methods in Kampala, Uganda

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Sandra Olsson; [2013-11-08]
    Keywords : former street children; street children; stigma; resettlement; Uganda;

    Abstract : Research has shown that street children are exposed to discrediting and stigmatizing treatment, but what happens after the child has left the street? Does the discrediting treatment belong to street life or is the stigma a taint forever to be held? Once a street child, always a street child? – Once a lion, never a cat? From a first-hand perspective the issue of stigma among former street children has here been studied as well as how this may affect their way of living. In addition, as experts of the matter, the former street children have identified key-factors which makes the resettlement work of street children more sustainable. READ MORE

  5. 35. School in Mariehäll : Elementary school in the new residential area Annedal

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Malin Ahlgren Bergman; [2013]
    Keywords : School; Elementary school; Daycare; Mariehäll; Annedal; Stockholm; Architecture; Concentration; Difficulties concentrating; Learning; Suburb; Skola; Grundskola; Förskola; Mariehäll; Annedal; Stockholm; Arkitektur; Inlärning; Koncentration; Koncentrationssvårigheter; Förort;

    Abstract : An elementary school in the Stockholm suburb Mariehäll, for children aged 6-11 as well as a daycare centre. The school will cater to approximately 700 students and a centre for art and culture, which will be available to the public. The school is located in the new residential area Annedal, adjacent to the local park and Bullerbytorget. READ MORE