Forced child begging: A toolkit for researchers
- Document number
- 2124
- Date
- 2009
- Title
- Forced child begging: A toolkit for researchers
- Author/publisher
- Emily Delap, Anti Slavery International
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Training Material/Resources,
- Keywords
- Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems
- Summary
- This toolkit was developed as part of a pilot research project on forced child begging, initiated by Anti-Slavery International in response to anecdotal reports of children being forced to beg in a number of different countries (see Part 1 below for more information on forced child begging). The pilot was thought to be necessary for two main reasons. Firstly, to find out if significant numbers of children are being forced by others to beg in order to determine whether further international work is required in this area. Secondly, to develop research techniques to examine the nature and causes of this challenging subject. As highlighted in this toolkit, research on forced child begging comes with many challenges, including difficulties in locating and gaining access to children who have been forced to beg, and risks to research teams due to links between some forms of forced begging and criminal networks. The findings from the study have been written up in a separate report: Begging for Change.
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