Honduran boys confronting adversity: urban multi-locality and kin mobilization |
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Authors: | Leigh Anne Schmidt Stephanie Buechler |
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Institution: | 1. Master's in Development Practice, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;2. Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, 803 E. First Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA |
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Abstract: | This article describes ethnographic research involving street children and child labor in urban Honduras. It is set in a context of deteriorating social, political, and economic conditions that has created an increase in child labor. However, the research findings have delineated that a growing number of children are choosing to work and live on the street to escape extreme poverty and hunger in their familial households. Despite the multi-local spaces they inhabit, they have been able to create unique non-kin relations while often maintaining family based linkages. This study, undertaken in two centers for boys in Tegucigalpa and Comayagua, Honduras analyzes the contextual dynamics and decision-making processes of Honduran youth regarding work and living arrangements in urban spaces. |
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Keywords: | Honduras street children child labor agency informal sector education |
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