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527After examination of the plight of children in all the categories mentioned above, theCommission is of the opinion that certain broad-based interventions are required toaddress some problems common to the vast majority of those affected. These are,firstly, poverty and secondly, barriers to the accessing of basic services. Any actionwhich would effectively impact on these would, in the view of the Commission, have theeffect that children would in the first place be less likely to be put at risk of disease anddisability, or be driven into life on the streets, prostitution or other forms of child labour.Secondly, such interventions would greatly mitigate the destructive effects of theseproblematic situations. Thirdly, children would be enabled to move out of destructivecircumstances and become fully integrated with their communities. In the absence ofsuch interventions, these problems are inclined to be cyclical and self-perpetuating.Absolute poverty is the main reason why children enter circumstances which place their entiredevelopment at risk. As they then become increasingly marginalised from mainstream society,it becomes more and more difficult for them to access basic services. Education and healthcare are of particular relevance here. The results of this lack of access are far-reaching: lack ofhealth care can render a child chronically unable to survive, develop and function to his or herpotential. Lack of education locks children into poverty and denies them the means to movebeyond their problematic circumstances, and ultimately to offer their own children a better life.4 Recommendations have been made in Chapters 10 and 23 towards this purpose.
528Research shows, e.g., that orphanhood, particularly that caused by the loss of a mother, oftenentails a deterioration in the health of the child. 5 Parallels no doubt exist for many othercategories of children. Those on the streets usually miss out on their schooling, as do childworkers and those caring for family members who are ill with AIDS.13.1.2 Current law and practice5 Barrett K “The Rights of Children: Raising the Orphan Generation” Paper presented at the Southern AfricanConference on Raising the Orphan Generation, Pietermaritzburg, 9 - 12 June 1998.
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Page 3: 526consequently impaired’. The Ch
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Page 16 and 17: 539adults in their family.The more
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Page 26 and 27: 549· the extended family;· family
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Page 48 and 49: 571The World Programme of Action Co
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577There is also a lack of ECD serv
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579· total ignorance;· being awar
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581In America, the Vocational Rehab
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583b) The Commonwealth Rehabilitati
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585assistive devices free of charge
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587inaccessibility force children w
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58913.5 Child Labour 10213.5.1 Natu
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591a) children prematurely enter th
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593activity for children was fetchi
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595play in the elimination of child
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597Article 15 of the African Charte
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599Every child has the right -...(e
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601(a) who is under 15 years of age
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603coordination in case-by-case int
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605The Child Care Act lacks specifi
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607inoperative in the labour contex
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609to machines, and work in venues
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158 Sections 58(3) and (4).611
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613the court, to enable them to sup
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615school regularly and who are sus
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617In addition the following defini
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619The proviso ‘where reasonably
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621With regard to the registration
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623In Nacala, Mozambique, the ADPP
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625(a) to beg; or(b) to accompany h
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627The Homestead (Projects for Stre
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629structures be funded?The Homeste
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631position in Zimbabwe, prohibit a
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633· The staff-child ratio is insu
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635matter. Provision should be made
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Commission thus recommends as follo
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639Begging is a time consuming acti
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641community undertaken by the appl
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643(a) children who are of school-g
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645(a) the halfway house is situate
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64713.7.2 Trafficking in children f
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649· revoking the eligibility of f
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651With regard to Thailand and the
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653should be evident that the new c
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655Research shows that South Africa
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657It is believed that child prosti
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659communities where HIV/AIDS anxie
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661In Japan, the Law for Punishing
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663child is in need of care. Indeed
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665depicted in child pornography, t
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667Children must also be protected
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669exploitation. Children should be
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