"I still see the talibés begging" : government program to protect talibé children in Senegal falls short.

[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2017]

©2017

HV4627.7.A4 S45 2017

9781623134952
1623134951

i, 40 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm

(OCoLC)1002129352

"Across Senegal, more than 50,000 talibé children living in traditional Quranic boarding schools, or daaras, are forced to beg for daily quotas of money, rice or sugar by their Quranic teachers. The children are often beaten, chained, bound, and subjected to other forms of abuse. In June 2016, the Senegalese government demonstrated meaningful political will by introducing a new program to "remove children from the streets" and crack down on forced child begging. One year later, the program - implemented exclusively in Dakar - has hardly made a dent in the alarming numbers of children subject to exploitation, abuse and neglect daily. ... [This report], based on interviews with more than 90 people conducted in Dakar, in Saint-Louis and by phone, examines the successes and failings of the first year of the program."--Back cover.

"This report was researched and written by Lauren Seibert, West Africa Associate for the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch"--Page 40.

Includes bibliographical references.

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