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Detailed examination of debate over institutional and alternative care methods for children without parental care. Includes comprehensive framework for collective action.
A 2-page fact sheet that discusses the conditions under which a child may or may not be eligible for adoption. Discusses legal implications and the role of local social services.
Recognition of the crises affecting children and a commitment to improving the lives of children.
This document provides written replies by the Government of Ghana concerning t issues received by the Committee on the Rights of the Child relating to the consideration of the second periodic report of Ghana. This includes issues related adoption and fostering.
The chapters in this Research Note are grouped in three sections. The first section (chapters 2–5) presents the international experiences. The second (chapters 6–7) presents the Russian background, whereas the third section (chapter 8–9) offers an updated presentation of Russian realities as to the placement of orphans.
This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.
Since 1986, American parents have adopted over 17,300 children from Guatemala. This study assessed the health, growth, and developmental status of 103 Guatemalan adopted children (48 girls; 55 boys) after arrival in the United States. Physical evidence suggestive of prenatal alcohol exposure and adequacy of vaccinations administered were also reviewed.
A set of standards guiding services for children who have been adopted, birth families, and adoptive parents.
A report discussing the advent and perpetuation of institutional care in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union prior to and since the end of the communist regime. It also provides examples of family-based care as models of care to substitute institutional care and offers recommendations to donors, NGOs and governments for child care reform based on their experience in CEE and FSU.
Documenting shifting attitudes on adoption in India. Highlights persistent difficulties in national policy reform.