Children of the Cities

Résumé du livre

Nearly half on the world's population lives in towns. Some 400 million children live in Third World cities alone. Their poverty and struggle for existence are paralleled in the homelessness, unemployment and exposure to drugs faced by so many young people in industrialized countries. Children of the Cities is a thorough account of the abuse and exploitation experienced by the urban young worldwide. It is critical of policy makers who have neglected the needs of your people. Yet it also highlights the strengths of urban children and the positive developments in child welfare. Drawing on evidence from the children themselves, this book describes what life in the city is like - the work they do, their leisure time, schooling, home life, health and nutrition, and their new vulnerability to the AIDS epidemic and drug culture. It looks at the physical hardships that face so many of them and the emotional and social consequences of urban life. -- Back Cover