- Reality of Child Beggars and People Begging with Children in Asia
- ㆍ 저자명
- TOKUDA Katsumi,MIZUNO Tomomi
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 아시아아동지원연구
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2010년|1권 (통권1호)|pp.1-8 (8 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 아시아아동지원학회|한국
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물|ENG| 이미지(5.68MB)
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 유아교육학
In the present paper, we would like present the results of field survey regarding the actual state of child beggar and people begging with children (mainly small babies) in Asia.Two authors of this paper conducted the field survey for approximately 10 years between ]une, 200 and October 2009. Countries surveyed were South Korea, North Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Phi1lipines, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, East Timor, India, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. majority of the people are begging for everyday living, there are cases of it is done as occupational begging or as an income source of mafia organizations. Depending on the culture, begging is considered a "permissible economic act" and it is not possible to categorically judge whether begging is right or wrong. However, at the very least, children should have an opportunity to study at school.