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Document Source: Diane M Hoffman
Year: 2011
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: abuse, analysis, assessment
Long before the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, but particularly since, international media and humanitarian groups have drawn attention to the ‘vulnerable child’ in Haiti, a child often portrayed as needing ‘saving’. Focusing in particular on the restavèk (child domestic laborer), this article first explores the ways in which such children are represented …
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Year: 2012
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: analysis, assessment, earthquake, statistics
The vulnerability of children in Haiti has increased dramatically since the earthquake in January 2010. Prior to the earthquake, the prevalence of orphans and at-risk children was high but since the earthquake, more than 1 million people—with more than 380 000 children remaining displaced and living in over 1200 displacement sites. These existing conditions leave …
Document Source: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Year: 2010
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: analysis, assessment, education
The authors examine the impact of remittances on the schooling of children in various Haitian communities with a high incidence of out-migration. After addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, they find that, in some communities, remittances raise school attendance for all children regardless of whether they have household members abroad.
Document Source: Deborah Levison and Anna Langer
Year: 2010
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: abuse, analysis, assessment, statistics
COUNTING CHILD domestic servants seems a commonplace task. In fact, it is both difficult and important. Child domestic servants are among the most vulnerable of child workers and the most invisible. They may be treated well and allowed to attend school, or they may be secluded in their employers’ homes, ill-treated, overworked, and unable to …
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Document Source: Canadian Medical Association
Year: 2010
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: abuse, analysis, assessment, earthquake, statistics
Before the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, chronic poverty, lack of infrastructure and poor performance on key health indicators had long threatened the well-being of Haiti’s children. Though Haiti ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1994,1 this nation has the highest mortality rates among infants, children less …
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