Abuse Among Child Domestic Workers in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 556-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rezaul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Household Survey ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Very High

This study explored the prevalence and causes of child abuses e.g., physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of child domestic workers in Bangladesh. This study used a mixed method approach. Data sources were 849 child domestic workers, 849 house owners, and 15 development practitioners and experts. A household survey was carried out in three different areas in the Dhaka city. The study employed semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), and observation methods. The results showed that the prevalence of child abuses was very high and manifested physically, emotionally, and sexually among the studied child domestic workers. This was noted as a violation of Bangladesh law and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The findings of this study could be an important guideline to the policy makers, human rights practitioners, and international human and child rights organisations in seeking to alleviate these violations.

Abuse Among Child Domestic Workers in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
M. Rezaul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Household Survey ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Very High

This study explored the prevalence and causes of child abuses e.g., physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of child domestic workers in Bangladesh. This study used a mixed method approach. Data sources were 849 child domestic workers, 849 house owners, and 15 development practitioners and experts. A household survey was carried out in three different areas in the Dhaka city. The study employed semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), and observation methods. The results showed that the prevalence of child abuses was very high and manifested physically, emotionally, and sexually among the studied child domestic workers. This was noted as a violation of Bangladesh law and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The findings of this study could be an important guideline to the policy makers, human rights practitioners, and international human and child rights organisations in seeking to alleviate these violations.

Youth Understanding & Assertion of Legal Rights: Examining the Roles of Age and Power

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Goodwin-De Faria ◽  
Voula Marinos
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Criminal Justice Professionals ◽  
Due Process Rights

Young people are entitled to the same legal rights as adults. However past research has questioned the extent to which youth effectively understand their rights and perceive that they can assert them when necessary because of their development and power differences vis-à-vis adult criminal justice professionals. Young people’s understanding of their due process rights under theCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsandUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Childwere examined. Participants were fifty adolescents ranging in age from 13-17 who received a diversionary response by the Crown prosecutor or were sentenced by the court to probation in a courthouse in Toronto, Ontario. Results of semi-structured interviews conducted with youth indicated that while age plays some role, the lack of power experienced by youth vis-à-vis criminal justice professionals has the most bearing on the inability of youth to exercise their rights. Implications of the study are discussed.

Perception on Child Rights Protection and Media Performance Among Kuje Internally Displaced Persons' Camp, Abuja, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Felix Chidozie Chidozie ◽  
Augustine Ejiroghene Oghuvbu
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
The Media ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations

This essay examines media and child rights protection in Nigeria, using Kuje IDPs Camp in Abuja, FCT as a case study. It argues that the media has important and indispensable roles to play in enabling the promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Nigeria's Child Rights Act, 2003. The study adopted the qualitative method through interviews and focus group discussions conducted at the Kuje IDPs Camp. Findings suggest that the Nigerian government is not committed to implementing the prescription of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Child Rights Act, thus further jeopardizing the already fractured rights of the of children in IDPs camps in Nigeria. Similarly, the media is not paying attention to the plight of the displaced children. The prescriptions advanced in this study as well as the conclusions reached are relevant for policy makers at the national, regional, and international levels responsible for the rights of the children, especially the Nigerian child.

Youth Custody, Resettlement and the Right to Social Justice

Youth Justice ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Gray
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Right

Rapid increases in rates of youth custody until quite recently, and breaches of human rights inside institutions for young offenders in England and Wales, have been a repeated source of criticism among youth justice commentators. However, this article focuses on the issue of resettlement to argue that current attempts to improve resettlement provision for young people leaving custody are beset with failure because of the way the concept of resettlement has been interpreted by policy makers. Instead of acknowledging broader structural constraints arising from poverty and socio-economic disadvantage, young people’s social needs on release from custody have been individualized and equated with correcting perceived personal deficits. The end result is that the concept of resettlement has been criminalized, as young people’s needs on leaving custody have been framed in a discourse of individual pathology and responsibilization. The article concludes by considering how young people’s resettlement needs could be advanced through the development of a transformative rights based approach which, while framed around the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, is informed by social justice ideals.

The gap between formalised children’s rights and children’s real lives in sport

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inger Eliasson
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Sport Clubs ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations

The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical standpoint of sociology of childhood to enhance understanding about how children’s rights, as outlined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, are experienced by child athletes and adult coaches in the context of sport clubs in Sweden. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with children and coaches in floorball and equestrian sports during the years 2011 and 2012. The results showed that neither child athletes nor adult coaches were aware that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been incorporated into Swedish sport policy; they also lack knowledge of the convention’s content. After interviews about selected rights were conducted, it was evident that children and adults both considered the themes of those rights to be of utmost importance. However, they did not find the convention meaningful as a policy document, and no systematic, deliberate or preventive work with regard to the rights of the child was experienced in the sport clubs. This paper discusses some challenges in the children’s sport context, including children’s rights, the social ordering of children and adults and the goal of making children’s sport a safe activity for children.

scholarly journals Flood Disaster and Its Impact on Livelihood: A Case of Kandra River Basin of Kailali District

NUTA Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
Bishnu Prasad Pangali Sharma
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Adaptation Strategy ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Aerial Photos ◽  
Local Livelihood ◽  
Key Informant Interview

This paper tried to highlights impact of flood disaster on local livelihood in Kandra river basin, Kailali District. The study also examined coping strategies of the members of flood affected village community. In so doing, required data and information were collected and generated through household survey, semi-structured interviews as well as focus group discussions, key informant interview and observations. There are almost 50 settlements in the river basin; whereas 15 settlements are along with Kandra River. Three settlements: Kanhaiyapur, Thengarpuruwa and Lalbojhi; are most frequently affected from flood disaster that were selected for the study purpose. Thirty households from each settlement have been selected for household questionnaire. Satellite images and aerial photos are used to analyze terrain, channel course. The study finds that all communities living in the low-lying area and along the riverbank are affected from flood disaster. However, not all people are vulnerable equally. To cope with this problem, local people have designed and practicing various adaptation techniques. The adaptation strategy differs based on their socio-economic condition, such as education, income, occupations and living conditions. Establishment of early warning system and capacity building of flood victims will help to cope with disasters.

Insights into Community Attitudes and Perceptions at Borakalalo National Park, South Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 002190962097057
Author(s):  
Ian Gordon-Cumming ◽  
Kevin Mearns
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Meaningful Participation ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions

Meaningful community participation is core to the long-term success of protected areas. Hence, it is important to understand what drives neighbouring community attitudes and perceptions. This study sought to determine local community attitudes towards conservation and protected areas, as well as their perceptions of benefits and participation at Borakalalo National Park. Semi-structured interviews were held with experienced park officials, while a structured household survey and focus group discussions were conducted across five surrounding villages. The results highlighted a number of interesting findings, including widespread support for biodiversity conservation and protected areas offset by considerable negativity towards Borakalalo itself. It was also determined, despite stated co-management policies, community residents perceived there was little meaningful participation and benefits were poorly communicated and unfairly distributed. Pragmatic suggestions were made for jointly developing more effective participation with the communities, despite limited available resources.

scholarly journals The upper middle income status of botswana vis a Vie gaberone’s non-governmental organisations’ access to international funding.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Zenzo Lusaba Dube ◽  
Gwendoline Vimbai Mandizvidza
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Income Status

The research evaluates if the classification of Botswana as an Upper Middle Income Country (UMIC) negates Gaborone’s Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) access to financial support from international development partners. The objectives were, to establish the extent to which the UMIC status of Botswana has affected NGO access to funding from international development partners, second, to establish what other factors and to what extent such factors influence accessibility of funding from international development partners, third, to establish the strategies engaged by NGOs which are still accessing funding from international development partners and, last, to proffer methodologies that could enhance access to funding from international development partners by Botswana NGOs. A case study research design was used. The research was qualitative and employed semi structured interviews and focus group discussions. A total of fifty six (56) respondents was realized, namely through the policy makers, senior government officials and administrators, NGOs and their umbrella bodies. The research established that Botswana’s UMIC status did not have a huge bearing on failure by some local NGOs in accessing financial support from international development partners. The research revealed that NGOs required more technical and strategic preparedness, a necessary pre requisite for funding.

Falling Poverty, Rising Privations: Trends over a Quarter Century in a Slum and a Village near Delhi

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devesh Vijay
Keyword(s):  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Quarter Century

The need to track multi-dimensional poverty in place of just subsistence is being widely recognised by policy makers. However, the challenge of quantifying deficits in housing and sanitation as well as ‘freedoms’ is immense and a number of dearths that bring maximum suffering to people (like risks spawned by contaminated water and food supplies) remain uncharted in common counts of ‘poverties’ and deprivations. In this context, long-term, multi-disciplinary accounts of urban and rural poverty in a range of communities can be of help. As a contribution, this article offers an analysis of changing indices of material poverty as well as ‘privations’ like the worsening health environment, in the microcosm of a village and a slum from Delhi’s periphery, observed over a quarter century through observations, surveys, group discussions and semi-structured interviews. The study shows that ‘absolute poverty’ has declined, in both the sites, since late 1980s but ‘privations’ have risen on many fronts.

scholarly journals Smart Cities in Turkey: Approaches, Advances and Applications with Greater Consideration for Future Urban Transport Development

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Bıyık
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Future Vision

The smart city transport concept is viewed as a future vision aiming to undertake investigations on the urban planning process and to construct policy-pathways for achieving future targets. Therefore, this paper sets out three visions for the year 2035 which bring about a radical change in the level of green transport systems (often called walking, cycling, and public transport) in Turkish urban areas. A participatory visioning technique was structured according to a three-stage technique: (i) Extensive online comprehensive survey, in which potential transport measures were researched for their relevance in promoting smart transport systems in future Turkish urban areas; (ii) semi-structured interviews, where transport strategy suggestions were developed in the context of the possible imaginary urban areas and their associated contextual description of the imaginary urban areas for each vision; (iii) participatory workshops, where an innovative method was developed to explore various creative future choices and alternatives. Overall, this paper indicates that the content of the future smart transport visions was reasonable, but such visions need a considerable degree of consensus and radical approaches for tackling them. The findings offer invaluable insights to researchers inquiring about the smart transport field, and policy-makers considering applying those into practice in their local urban areas.

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