The Place of Children

Poverty and Promise

Authors

  • Willem Van Vliet

Keywords:

urban poverty, agency, child rights

Abstract

This paper is based on a project that raised awareness of the challenges faced by
children among the urban poor worldwide and recognized their contributions to
their families and communities. In 2008-09, ethnographic fieldwork documented
the daily lives of four teenagers in New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, and
Ankara. In 2021, we followed up with them for updates on their situation. This
paper describes the project and its context, concluding with a brief assessment.

Published

2022-08-19