Southern Africa
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Are parenting programmes effective at scale? Associations with violence against adolescent girls, parenting and mental health in real-world delivery across eight African countries: a meta-analysis of pre-post surveys
Lucie Cluver , Catherine L Ward, Francesca Little, et al.,

This large-scale study across eight African countries finds that the Parenting for Lifelong Health programme is associated with significant reductions in physical and emotional abuse, improved parenting practices, and better mental health outcomes for both caregivers and adolescents. It demonstrates that evidence-based parenting interventions can be effectively delivered at scale—even in humanitarian contexts—while maintaining strong positive impacts.

A Stakeholder Perspective on the Necessary Conditions for Successfully Implementing Parenting Interventions in Botswana
Hlengiwe Gwebu, Tendai Elvis Mutembedza, Jacqueline Kilby, Jeldau Rieff, Styn Jamu, Lisa Jamu, Nomsa Monare, Mary Mosenke, Mmannyana Margaret Nonong, Babedi Ncaagae, Yulia Shenderovich, Jamie Lachman, Lucie Cluver,

This study seeks to evaluate the real-world experiences, challenges, and best practices in implementing parent support programs in Botswana.

Vulnerability of children in Botswana during COVID-19
Thabile A Samboma - International Social Work,

This article explores the impacts of COVID-19 on children in Botswana, including an increase in the number of child sexual abuse cases, and highlights the need for a clear road map on the prevention and response of the child protection system in Botswana.

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Botswana children's needs: orphans and vulnerable children dominated child welfare system
Nankie M. Ramabu - Heliyon,

This study sought to determine the needs of the general population of children in Botswana.

Perceived Effects of Prolonged Residential Care for Children: Botswana Experience
DIRADITSILE Kabo and MMEANYANA Ivy Gosego - African Journal of Social Work,

This study determined the perceived effects of prolonged residential care for children in Botswana.

Family Laws and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Clifford O. Odimegwu - Family Demography and Post-2015 Development Agenda in Africa,

This paper examines all policy and laws related to families in the South, West, East and Central regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Raising African Voices in the Global Dialogue on Care-Leaving and Emerging Adulthood
Adrian D. van Breda & John Pinkerton - Emerging Adulthood,

The special issue of Emerging Adulthood titled “Care-Leaving in Africa” is the first collection of essays on care-leaving by African scholars. This article, coauthored by scholars from North and South, argues in favor of North–South dialogue but highlights several challenges inherent in this, including the indigenizing and thus marginalizing of African experience and scholarship and divergent constructions of key social concepts.

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Country Care Review: Botswana
Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Fostering Resilience in Children Who have been Orphaned: Preliminary Results from the Botswana Balekane EARTH Program
Masego Katisi, Philip Jefferies, Olebogeng Dikolobe, Onkarabile Moeti, Joshua Brisson, Michael Ungar - Child & Youth Care Forum,

The goal of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the Balekane EARTH program, a 2-week wilderness-based therapeutic intervention in Botswana for children who have been orphaned.

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The Dynamics of Prolonged Child Residential Care in Botswana: Prospects for Alternative Child Care Systems
Kabo Diraditsile and Gosego Ivy Mmeanyana - Botswana Notes and Records,

Using the Attachment Theory as a guiding framework, this study sought to explore the effects of prolonged residential care for children.