A project of the International Center for the Study of Childhood (CIESPI) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Introduction
This bulletin is one of several publications from a project titled “The process of constructing and implementing public policies for children and adolescents in the situation of the streets” undertaken by the International Center for the Study of Childhood. The purpose of the study is to analyze the process by which policies on children and adolescents (hereafter, children) are established and implemented by municipal Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents. Such councils and their counterparts at the state and the national levels were established by federal law in 1990 and have the responsibility of providing citizen input into the process of guaranteeing and implementing the rights of children. This bulletin is a preliminary summary of the opportunities and challenges encountered in Councils’ work in developing policies on street children in Rio de Janeiro and six other cities. April 2011.