PAKISTAN: Silent Shrieks - A Situational Analysis of Violence against Street Children in Karachi

Submitted by crinadmin on Fri, 13/05/2011 - 03:13

Summary: Violence against street children in Karachi manifests itself in various forms. The scope of the problem is not known because the prevalence of deliberate physical and mental violence against street children by parents, peers, police and others has only recently been recognised and has still not been documented.

The purpose of this analysis is to document the incidence and forms of violence against street children in Karachi and lay the groundwork for further research.

Further information

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child for Pakistan's 3rd and 4th report (October 2009)
State of the World’s Street Children: Violence (November 2007)
More on children and violence

Owner: Initiator Human Development Foundationpdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/SLIENT-SHRIEKS.pdf

Articles:

Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

Organisation:

Initiator Human Development Foundation

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/SLIENT-SHRIEKS.pdf

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Countries

Pakistan

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