Street Children in Kenya: Voices of Children in Search of a Childhood - Couverture souple

Kilbride, Philip L.; Suda, Collette A.; Njeru, Enos

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0897898621 ISBN 13 : 9780897898621

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2001

Synopsis

As kinship relationships and support networks across family lines weaken with modernization, economic stressors take a great toll on children. Kenya, like some other nations in Africa and around the globe, has witnessed a rapid rise in street children. The street children in Nairobi come from single parent families which are mostly headed by women. Another group are AIDS orphans. This study documents how street children in Nairobi follow survival strategies including (for boys) collecting garbage, and (for girls), prostitution. Gender is emphasized throughout the book.

Although impoverished families are the most likely to produce street children, not all poor families have their children on the streets. The problem of street children is a complex one that calls for a comprehensive and coordinated policy and program for intervention at all levels and in all sectors of society. Alleviating poverty and rebuilding the family institution should be among the first steps in addressing the problem.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

PHILIP KILBRIDE is Chair and Professor of Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.

COLLETTE SUDA is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi.

ENOS NJERU is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0897898621
• ISBN 13: 9780897898621
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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