Safe Movement in the City: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Lorraine van Blerk; Wayne Shand; Patrick Shanahan; Janine Hunter

doi:https://doi.org/10.20933/100001142

Safe Movement in the City: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Lorraine van Blerk (Research group member), Wayne Shand (Research group member), Patrick Shanahan (Research group member), Janine Hunter (Research group member)

Geography and Environmental Science

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Abstract

- Safe movement in the city is a constant challenge for street children and youth as they conduct their lives and earn their livelihoods in public spaces.
- Developing awareness of where and when they can move safely at different times of day and night, street children and youth adjust their movement and routines to protect themselves from violence, arrest and humiliation.
- Experiences of safe movement are complex, as the nature of locations and risk vary depending on the time of day, the presence or absence of the police and security forces and other external events.

Original language	English
Type	Briefing Paper
Media of output	Online
Publisher	StreetInvest
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	http://www.streetinvest.org/guots
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001142
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	Growing up on the streets: Briefing Papers
Publisher	StreetInvest
No.	7

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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4 p. http://www.streetinvest.org/guots : StreetInvest. 2016, Briefing Paper. (Growing up on the streets: Briefing Papers; No. 7).

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Safe Movement in the City: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Abstract

Publication series

UN SDGs

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Other files and links

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Africa Consultation Report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on Children in Street Situations

Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

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Safe Movement in the City: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Abstract

Publication series

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Research output

Africa Consultation Report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on Children in Street Situations

Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

Prizes

2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

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