Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• mitra Rahnejat ¹
• f KH ²

¹ Allame tabatabi

² K

Abstract

The problem of child labor is a significant concern that disrupts the health of a society. To address this problem, various policies have been developed and implemented globally. In Iran, several initiatives have also been undertaken to tackle this problem. However, the implementation of the "Street Children Organization" regulation, approved in 2005, as the latest regulation in this area, has failed to reduce the number of child laborer’s aim of this study is to examine the barriers to reducing child labor based on the Stufflebeam decision-making and accountability evaluation approach. In this regard, the requirements and indicators of the mentioned regulation were first extracted. Then, using semi-structured interviews, the implementation of these requirements was assessed. These interviews were conducted with individuals involved in implementing the regulation. The findings of the study indicate that the implementation of the "Street Children Organization" regulation faced obstacles such as economic instability, high inflation, unemployment, the inability to monitor the informal economic sector, interdepartmental discoordination, budgetary and financial resource constraints in the Welfare Organization, uncontrolled and illegal international migration, and the absence of appropriate governmental policies in the field of migration. Promoting the discourse of eliminating child labor and increasing the participation of NGOs are among the main policy recommendations of this study to overcome the barriers to implementing the regulation.

Keywords

• Street children
• child labor
• Welfare Organization

Main Subjects

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