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The African Report on Violence Against Children
The African Child Policy Forum ,

This report, from the African Child Policy Forum, is aimed at informing and accelerating pan-African, regional and national efforts to prevent and respond to violence against children.

From a Whisper to a Shout: A Call to End Violence Against Children in Alternative Care
SOS Children’s Villages and the University of Bedfordshire ,

This report from SOS Children’s Villages and the University of Bedfordshire provides reviews and assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children in 21 countries around the world.

Drumming Together for Change: A Child’s Right to Quality Care in Sub-Saharan Africa
SOS Children’s Villages, Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, University of Malawi,

This report is based on a synthesis of eight assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (“the Guidelines”) in Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Reflections on Africa’s Indigenous Knowledge of parenting: Indigenous parenting practices of different communities in Africa
Parenting in Africa Network (PAN),

This publication, produced by the Parenting in Africa Network (PAN), highlights the skillful parenting practices of several pastoral communities in Africa. 

Report of the 2nd Pan-African Conference on Parenting 2013
YONECO & Parenting in Africa Network,

This report summarises the presentations and conclusions from the 2nd Pan-African annual conference on parenting held on the 16-17th October 2013 in Malawi on the theme of "Understanding realities of teenage parenting: a special focus on adolescents (boys and girls) with parenting responsibilities."

Assessment of Community-and Family-Based Alternative Child-Care Services in Ethiopia
Getnet Tadele, Desta Ayode, Woldekidan Kifle,

This assessment conducted by FHI 360, with support from Ethiopia's Ministry of Women, Youth and Children Affairs (MoWYCA) and the OAK Foundation aimed to generate evidence about formal community and family- based alternative child care services and service providing agencies in Ethiopia, with a particular focus on magnitude, quality and quality-assurance mechanisms.

Kenya Careleavers Conference Report: “How I Left Care”
Kenya Society of Careleavers and Koinonia Old Beneficiaries Welfare Association ,

Koinonia Old Beneficiaries Welfare Association and Kenya Society of Careleavers report on their annual Careleavers Conference that took place on December 7th, 2013 at the Shalom House, Dagoretti Corner.

Webinar on Deinstitutionalizing the Alternative Care System for Children: The implications for the social service workforce with learning from Rwanda and Moldova
Better Care Network and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

Webinar co-hosted by Better Care Network and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance on Deinstitutionalizing the Alternative Care System for Children: The implications for the social service workforce with learning from Rwanda and Moldova.

‘Everybody’s Child’ but ‘Nobody’s Child’: Strengthening Alternative Family and Community Based Care Options for Abandoned Children Placed in Ugandan Institutions.
Nakimbugwe Grace Lisa - The Hague,

The study examined alternative family and community care options and how they can be strengthened; cultural attitudes and perceptions of the communities and experiences of prospective foster and adoptive parents as regards reunification, kinship care, fostering and adoption.

Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Refugee Camps in Rwanda: An Ethnographic Study
Imogen Prickett, Israel Moya, Liberata Muhorakeye, Mark Canavera and Dr. Lindsay Stark - CPC Learning Network, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, HealthNet TPO, TPO Uganda, Avsi, U.S. State Department,

The purpose of this research is to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two refugee camps in Rwanda – Gihembe and Kiziba.