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New research has revealed that nearly half of Kenyan mothers with disabled babies are pressured to kill them.
This article from Thomas Reuters Foundation News highlights findings from a recent study by Disability Rights International which explored the stigma around children with disabilities in Kenya, and the ways in which that stigma leads to child abandonment, institutionalization, and even infanticide.
This report is the product of a two-year investigation by Disability Rights International (DRI) into institutions and orphanages across Kenya. The report describes the "egregious human rights violations" perpetrated against children with disabilities in Kenya, particularly those who are confined to institutions and "orphanages."
In this qualitative study with four Child and Youth Care Centers in a town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, focus groups were held with young people in care and their care workers to discuss preparation for leaving care and aftercare services and the evaluation of these by each group of participants.
This article from the Epoch Times tells the story of Aisha Usman, adoptive mother of three and advocate for ending the institutionalization of children in Nigeria. The article also describes the global movement to move away from institutional care of children.
The focus of this article is on children trafficked or migrating alone from rural areas of the Wolaita zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region to the urban centres of Jimma or Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The purpose of this study is to point out the experience of sexual and physical exploitation and its determinant factors among street children in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
This article focuses on the concept of “family” and family membership from the perspective of care leavers in Zimbabwe.
Drawing on data from a small qualitative study carried out in four child and youth care centres in a town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, this article argues that possible selves methods provide a useful tool with which to unpack the content of future focus, and in doing so identify contributors to resilience in care-leavers.
This study seeks to assess the impact of economic factors on sexual, emotional, and physical violence on Nigerian children and adolescents aged 13–24 years.
