Freedom and Autonomy of Street Children

Abstract

Brill reduces number of Supervisory Board members to three Today, Brill's Combined Meeting resolved to reduce the number of Supervisory Board members from four to three. The Board has elected unanimously Mr. Robin Hoytema van Konijnenburg, to be appointed as chairman and Mr. Theo van der Raadt as vice-chairman. These changes are effective immediately after the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of 25 June, 2020 (starting at 2.00 PM). As a result, the agenda items number 6a: 'Giving opportunity for recommendations to appoint a Supervisory Board member' and 6b: 'Proposal to re-appoint Mr. Steven Perrick' are/were retracted from the agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Brill is thankful to Mr. Perrick who was instrumental in modernizing Brill's corporate governance structure, while effectively re-establishing a productive dialogue with our major stakeholders. These improvements were critical for Brill to be able to move forward in fulfilling its mission.

A case study on a generalist service delivery model for street children in Durban, South Africa: Insights from the capability approach

“…The tunnel vision found during the qualitative study is similar to the findings of Schimmel (), who perceived adaptive preferences in street children. Adaptive preferences are social unjust choices that make individuals normalize or endure a social unjust situation (Sen, ).…”

A Conceptual Analysis of the Label “Street Children”: Challenges for the Helping Professions

“…This is a critical area that requires further in-depth investigation. The information obtained, disconcerting as it was, demonstrates and confirms the resilience of these children as illustrated by several authors (Boyden & Mann, 2005;Henry, 2001;Schimmel, 2006) and inspired an extensive literature review on the concept "street children".…”

A Study on Socio- Educational and Rehabilitation Status of Street Children in Kolkata

“…Findings from Schimmel (2006) and Association for Development, Delhi (2002) showed that condition of the street children after migration to the streets are vulnerable and they are facing multi dimensional problems. But the current study illustrates that children living with the family are indigent families, who migrated from different areas some of them stay in the recognized slums of Kolkata.…”