An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan
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2019-03-23
2019-08-05
1189 - 1212

Keywords

  • Children on the Street
  • Child; Street Children
  • working children

Abstract

The study aimed at understanding the phenomenon of children's being on the streets in the city of Amman; by listening to their voices and to understand their reality, the reasons for their presence in the street, the problems they face and their relationships with their families in addition to their vision for themselves and their aspirations for the future. The field study was conducted using the qualitative approach, purposive sampling was applied to select (24) participants through their presence in the streets and data was collected through in-depth open-ended interviews. The study found a number of results that showed that these children reject to be described as (street children or children in /on street), because they see themselves as "working children only" and that the reasons for their being on the street are economic reasons (need and poverty); to improve their conditions and the conditions of their families. The study also shows that the phenomenon of children on the streets is a complex phenomenon and overlapping dimensions. Based on the results of the study, the researcher submitted some recommendations to support the efforts of policy makers. Ministry of social Development must deal with those children as victims not as a guilty and more researches on the area of children on the street is needed, especially qualitative studies are recommended to cover all aspects of the phenomena with the participation of children themselves.

Recommended Citation

Alnajdawi, A. (2021). Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 35(8), 1189–1212. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001
[1]A. Alnajdawi, “Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1189–1212, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.35552/0247-035-008-001.
Alnajdawi, Ann. “Problems Facing Children on the Street: Qualitative Study on a Sample of Children on the Street: Amman- Jordan.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 35, no. 8, Aug. 2021, pp. 1189–212. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001.
1.Alnajdawi A. Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2021 Aug;35(8):1189–212. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001
Alnajdawi, Ann. “Problems Facing Children on the Street: Qualitative Study on a Sample of Children on the Street: Amman- Jordan.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 35, no. 8 (August 2021): 1189–1212. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001.

المشكلات التي تواجه الأطفال في الشوارع : دراسة نوعية لعينة من الأطفال في الشارع في مدينة عمان –الأردن
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معلومات المقال

2019-03-23
2019-08-05
1189 - 1212

الكلمات الإفتتاحية

  • Children on the Street
  • Child; Street Children
  • working children

الملخص

هدفت الدراسة إلى فهم ظاهرة تواجد الأطفال في الشوارع في مدينة عمان والتعرف إلى واقع حياتهم وأسباب تواجدهم في الشارع والمشكلات التي تواجههم وعلاقاتهم مع أسرهم، بالإضافة إلى رؤيتهم لأنفسهم وطموحاتهم للمستقبل من خلال الاستماع لأصواتهم. وقد أجريت الدراسة الميدانية باستخدام المنهج النوعي على عينه قصديه مكونة من (24) طفلا تم اختيارهم من خلال تواجدهم في الشوارع في مدينة عمان وتم جمع البيانات من خلال المقابلات الفردية المفتوحة المتعمقة. وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج التي اظهرت أن هؤلاء الاطفال يرفضون المسميات التي تطلق عليهم وأنهم يرون أنفسهم (أطفال عاملون فقط) وأن اسباب تواجدهم في الشارع تعود لأسباب اقتصادية (الحاجة والفقر)، كما أن علاقاتهم بأسرهم جيدة. وحول رؤيتهم للمستقبل، فقد تعددت وجهات نظرهم ولكن بشكل عام يتمنون أن تتحسن أحوالهم وأحوال أسرهم وأن يتفهمهم المجتمع وأن يبتعد الجميع عن النظرة الدونية إليهم أو إدانتهم. كما تبين من الدراسة بأن ظاهرة الأطفال في الشوارع وبغض النظر عن التسميات ظاهرة معقدة ومتداخلة الأبعاد. وقد قدمت الدراسة مجموعة من التوصيات حول ضرورة التعامل مع هؤلاء الاطفال كضحايا وليس كمذنبين ووضع استراتيجيات من قبل وزارة التنمية الاجتماعية للتعامل مع مشكلات هؤلاء الاطفال، وكذلك لا بد من إجراء دراسات متعمقة حول هذه الظاهرة بمشاركة الأطفال ذوي العلاقة.

Recommended Citation

Alnajdawi, A. (2021). Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 35(8), 1189–1212. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001
[1]A. Alnajdawi, “Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1189–1212, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.35552/0247-035-008-001.
Alnajdawi, Ann. “Problems Facing Children on the Street: Qualitative Study on a Sample of Children on the Street: Amman- Jordan.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 35, no. 8, Aug. 2021, pp. 1189–212. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001.
1.Alnajdawi A. Problems facing children on the street: qualitative study on a sample of children on the street: Amman- Jordan. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2021 Aug;35(8):1189–212. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001
Alnajdawi, Ann. “Problems Facing Children on the Street: Qualitative Study on a Sample of Children on the Street: Amman- Jordan.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 35, no. 8 (August 2021): 1189–1212. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-035-008-001.

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