Africa

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in Africa. Browse resources by region, country, or category. Resources related particularly to North Africa can also be found on the Middle East and North Africa page.

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UNICEF Centre de presse,

Dans un contexte de déplacements de population à grande échelle et d’insécurité au Soudan du Sud, de nombreux enfants ont été séparés de leurs familles et de leurs communautés. 

J. Nichols, L. Embleton, A. Mwangi, G. Morantz, R. Vreeman, S. Ayaya, D. Ayuku, P. Braitstein,

This systematic review assessed the quantitative literature to determine whether orphans are more likely to experience physical and/or sexual abuse compared to non-orphans in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It also evaluated the quality of evidence and identified research gaps. 

Olivier Bargain & Delphine Boutin - IZA,

This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. 

Hope and Homes for Children, Rwanda ,

This document presents key models used by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) in Rwanda with regards to deinstitutionalisation and child protection system reform, particularly regarding closure of institutions, development of alternative care and prevention of family separation and institutionalisation.

Victoria Martin, Hope and Homes for Children, Rwanda ,

A short brief by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) in Rwanda explaining strategies used in the process of taking its deinstitutionalisation pilot project and research up to policy-level advocacy.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the combined second to fourth periodic report of the Congo under Convention on the Rights of the Child at its sixty-fifth Session (13 Jan 2014 - 31 Jan 2014).

Gloria Nakajubi, New Vision,

This article reports on a mushrooming of children's institutions in Uganda and the poor standards of care and abuse met by children in those institutions.

National Gender and Equality Commission,

This report presents the findings of an audit of the cash transfer programs for the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Persons with Severe Disability (PWSD), and the Elderly in 21 sub-counties of Kenya, to provide the national and county governments with a snap shot account of the implementation of the cash transfer program and the level of participation of the vulnerable populations in programs designed for them.

Usang Maria Assim - Comparative African Legal Studies,

This book explores the legal and human rights dimensions of kinship care, the preferred alternative to parental care in the African context.

Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, and Save the Children,

This book focuses on, and reviews, a selection of laws related to the rights of children in South Africa.