Convenor
M Zulfiquar Ali Islam
Department of Sociology, University of Rajshahi
Abstract
The slum dwelling children have to be deprived of enjoying some stages of their life cycle and consequently, they are impeded to be active and skilled member of society. Both the slum environment degrades their social status and also impels them to be remaining in lower status of social hierarchy as they have to confront with immense insecurities in meeting their basic needs. Moreover, they are subjected to deprivation of schooling, trafficking, metal trauma, loss of parental care, and perilous manual labor. The adverse and alarming situation causes detrimental effect on their schooling and also on their total socialization in the long run. They may not be innocent as their characteristic mark designates, not be protected as their disaster affected parents are economically and intellectually incapable to protect them, and also not to be dependent in some cases as they have to understand their own problems and to solve those by themselves. The sheer lack of GO and NGO supports usually impel the parents and community people to formulate and undertake multiple corrective rather than preventive measures in confronting with the immense hardship in providing rights and securities with their children. It hinders their usual socialization and they are rendered into marginalized category.
The question of rights and securities of slum dwelling children is crucial for the proper and adequate inclusion in the development contents. The social scientists and development workers can collaborate in addressing this domain of research for sustainable development of slum dwelling children throughout the globe in future.