STREET-CHILDREN.

CHILDREN – STREET AND SLUMS

I. CHILDREN AT RISK
Child Labour:
Andhra Pradesh has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of children labor in the whole of India with 1.95 million (1981) and in 1991 it is estimated to be over 3.5 million.
The figure doesn’t include bonded child labor, child labor in villages and remote trible areas and children employed in unorganized sector located in unregistered work places like domestic child labor, migrating construction work force and children doing labor in homes an handing over the finished products to small industrial establishment for petty compensation, disproportionate to the labor involved.
Gender Composition In Child Labor:

Analyzing the gender composition of child workers in the state reveals interesting data. 58% of all child workers are boys and 42% are girls. 7.29% of the total female child population in Andhra Pradesh are workers, while comparable all India average is 2.95% only. In Andhra Pradesh, as is true of all India scenario, more girls are engaged as agricultural labour than boys.

Bonded Children :
It is estimated that there are ten million bonded child labourers or slaves in India. In Andhra Pradesh, the bonded children must be over a million by most conservative estimate.
Child Sex Workers:
Child sex workers, mostly girl children (for instance, Child Devadasis and Jogins) represent the most abominable manifestation of exploitation of the child and therefore demand action at once.
Where does this problem begin?
The child is prostituted with the collusion of his or her family.

GIRL CHILD DISCRIMINATION:
* Three times as many girl children die as boys due to malnutrition or murder.
* The literacy rate in India is 39% for women adn 64% for men illustrating the unequal educational opportunities.
* Girls are still given less all occasions of food and health care than their male counterparts.
* Female infanticide.
* The killing of female foetus.

CHILD MARRIAGE :
* As per 1981 Census the percentage of married children in the age group of 0-14 in rural ares was 5.4% for boys and 15.59% for girls.

NUTRITION AND HEALTH CARE:
* Children die every day due to preventable diseases and it is estimated that 1.5 million children die every year because of diarreoha alone. lack of health care resources of education in nutrition and health.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE:
* Child battering and injuring the child physically by the parents, teachers and others in authority.
* Sexual abuse of the child: some incidents, the offenders are family members, close relatives, neighbours and friends .

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