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A Familiar Face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents uses the most current data to shed light on four specific forms of violence: violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among adolescents; and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence.
Ghana held a national legislative consultative meeting to" usher in the review of laws that protect children in the country to conform to current societal trends," according to this article from Ghana's Graphic Online. The review of the laws will include the Children’s Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and other related laws.
This year’s lecture will see academics and research participants discuss how they have worked together using theatre practices to explore care experience.
This Handbook explores early childhood interventions and policy through 36 chapters in various country contexts, including chapters on early childhood services for children in care.
International Foster Care Organisation's 2017 World Conference “Setting Sail from a Safe Port: Giving our children confidence to move forward with safe and permanent relationships” will take place in Valletta, Malta from 1st to 4th November 2017.
This study assesses whether 157 children who spent time in a Ghanaian residential care facility but who have been reunified with their families scored differently on a battery of standardized child wellbeing measures than 204 children still living in residential care facilities using propensity score matching models.
Both historical and contemporary residential care for children have been found to present risks to their safety and security. Views about the characteristics of workers that helped them to feel safe in the placement were obtained from 27 children and young people who were placed in residential care in Australia.
This study explores self-stigma in the utilization of mental health services while in foster care and whether the stigma developed while in foster care impacts mental health service use upon foster care exit.
The Childonomics project has developed an instrument that can help to reflect on the long-term social and economic return of investing in children and families.
The United Nations Security Council has urged countries and non-State actors to allow children access to education and healthcare during and post-conflicts, according to this report from the UN News Centre.