Status of Children in Tanzania - 2012 - Tanzania Education Network ...

Call for Action
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................................... I
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. II
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... III
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... VI
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................................... vii
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................................... viii
1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Description of the distribution of roles and responsibilities in the analysis team................................. 1
1.2 Overall analysis process and methodologies applied. ........................................................................ 1
1.3 Involvement of children, young people and families in the CRSA process as primary stakeholders.. 1
1.4 Description of stakeholders involved in the child right situational analysis process............................ 1
2.0 BASIC FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY ............................................................................................. 7
3.0 PROFILE OF CHILDREN IN THE TARGET GROUP ......................................................................... 9
3.1 Children without parental care: Definitions .......................................................................................... 9
3.2 Status of children without parental care .............................................................................................. 9
3.2.1 Children surviving under elderly Household status ............................................................................. 9
3.2.2 Children surviving under child headed Household status. ................................................................ 10
3.2.3 Orphans ............................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2.3.1Children surviving under maternal orphans ....................................................................................... 11
3.2.3.2Children surviving under paternal orphans ........................................................................................ 11
3.2.4 Children surviving under Prison, remand, detention and juvenile based facilities ............................ 12
3.2.5 Children surviving under HIV/AIDS status ......................................................................................... 12
3.2.6 Children surviving under Street children status ................................................................................. 13
3.2.7 Children surviving under Child labour status ..................................................................................... 13
4.0 OVERVIEW OF CHILD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE TARGET GROUP .................................... 15
4.1 General rights violated in the target group ........................................................................................ 15
4.2 CRITICAL CHILDREN RIGHTS VIOLATED IN TANZANIA AMONG THE TARGET GROUP ....... 18
4.2.1 Children without parental care and guidance .................................................................................... 18
4.2.2 Sexual, Physical and Emotional Violence. ........................................................................................ 18
4.2.3 Keeping children and adults togather in Police remand and detention ............................................. 19
4.2.4 Delayed trial, right to have legal advice and representation .............................................................. 19
4.2.5 Right to education .............................................................................................................................. 20
4.2.6 Deprivation of right to life and survival ............................................................................................... 20
4.2.7 Children with disability ....................................................................................................................... 21
4.2.8 HIV/AIDS and Children‟s rights ......................................................................................................... 22
4.2.9 Water sanitation and hygiene and children rights ............................................................................. 23
4.2.10 Nutrition status and children rights .................................................................................................... 24
4.2.11 Food security and children rights ....................................................................................................... 25
4.2.12 Factors making children more vulnerable .......................................................................................... 26
Income Poverty .................................................................................................................................. 26
Child poverty. ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Food inadequacy ............................................................................................................................... 27
Cultural Factors ................................................................................................................................. 27
Environmental factors ........................................................................................................................ 27
6.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 34
7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................... 36
APPENDICES .................................................................................................................................... 38
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Tanzania-CRSA-REPORT-2012
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