Abstract

RAMIREZ VILLEGAS, John Fernando; ROJAS DURANGO, Yesenia Andrea  and  TOBON MARULANDA, Flor Ángela. The Status of the Rights of Child and Adolescent Night Street Workers in Medellin. Folios [online]. 2014, n.40, pp.57-65. ISSN 0123-4870.

This article presents, in general terms, the problems faced by child and adolescent night street workers in Medellin, Colombia - whose acronym we recognise as NNA -. From a qualitative study with a phenomenological hermeneutic approach we were able to observe and interpret their experiences while simultaneously identifying their needs. The ages of the children and adolescents who were interviewed and participated in an observation guide ranged from 9 to 14 years. The processing of the information obtained was performed using content analysis thus generating some categories from the same data. Among the results, it was found that they have their own ideas about the night, money, being poor, their rights, freedom, security and truth, all of which were permeated by a society that had been indifferent to the needs of this population. Likewise, this article also generates a reflection of child labour in Colombia and reiterates the need to address this social problem.

Keywords : Child labour; children's rights; vulnerability.

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