The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) is an important tool for advancing children’s rights.

The Children's Act of Ghana reforms and consolidates the law relating to children.

This study was intended to identify existing arrangements surrounding children’s presence in institutional settings, identify legislation that contributes to the institutionalization of children, and make policy recommendations in respect of the opportunities to improve existing arrangements. 

This document provides background information to a study conducted on the situation of children in institutional homes in Ghana.

This document provides supplemental information to a study conducted on the situation of children in institutional homes in Ghana.

This chapter provides an overview of a child care institution, the Osu Children’s Home, in Ghana.

The chapters featured in this report offer a prognosis on the future of street children and offers recommendations to government and non-governmental bodies on how to help these children.

The sections featured in this report provide case studies of 25 street girls and discussion and conclusions based on these case studies.

Save the Children’s research and analysis of residential care services and the need for alternative non-institutional approaches for children separated from their families. This book examines policy and practices from work in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern and Central Europe.

The aim of this guide is to draw together SCF’s recent experience of family tracing.