Reality of Child Beggars and People Begging with Children in Asia

• 영문명: Reality of Child Beggars and People Begging with Children in Asia
• 발행기관: 아시아아동지원학회
• 저자명: TOKUDA Katsumi,MIZUNO Tomomi
• 간행물 정보: 『아시아아동지원연구』1호, 1~8쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회복지학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.03.30

영문 초록

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.