Country Care Snapshots

Nepal

Progress Indicators
Effective
Social Welfare Spending
Child Welfare Spending
Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines
Limited
Act Relating to Children, 2018
Centralised authority on adoption
Limited
Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms
Mostly
Act Relating to Children, 2018
Comprehensive child protection law
Partly
Act Relating to Children, 2018
Continuum of alternative care services available
Limited
Act Relating to Children, 2018
Data System
Limited
Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system
Limited
Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Gatekeeping mechanism/policy
Limited
Act Relating to Children, 2018
Means of tracking progress with reforms
No
Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3
No
Moratorium on new institutions
No
National Action Plan
No
Prevention of Separation Services available
Limited
Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice)
No