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India
childrens_living_arrangement
%
Country
NO SOURCE GIVEN
81.4%
Living with Both Parents
DHS 2019-2021
i
Children living with both parents, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
15.4%
Living with One Parent
DHS 2019-2021
i
Children living with mother, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with mother, father dead, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother dead, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
3.2%
Living with Neither Parent
DHS 2019-2021
i
Children living with neither parent, both alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, both dead, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
%
Effective
NO SOURCE GIVEN
children_living_without_bio
79%
Both Parents Alive
DHS 2015-2016
12%
One Parent Dead
DHS 2015-2016
9%
Both Parents Dead
DHS 2015-2016
95.3%
Children with Both Parents Alive
DHS
4.3%
Children with One Parent Alive
DHS
0.3%
Children with Both Parents Dead
DHS
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This guidance from Miracle Foundation outlines case management process and tools aimed at children in Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in India who have been placed with their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of these case management processes and tools is to determine feasibility of permanent placement and expedite family-based care in families in which children were placed quickly and without proper preparation during COVID-19 lockdown.
This article from The Hindu describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted new parents in India.
In this opinion piece for the Hindustan Times, Lalita Panicker calls for the inclusion of children’s rights and security as a fundamental pillar in India's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to reopen the economy, noting that "there are several things the government can do, including strengthening systems to find family members of children orphaned or stranded as a result of the virus."
In this online event, Family for Every Child members FSCE (Ethiopia), The Mulberry Bush (UK), Praajak (India) and CSID (Bangladesh) discussed children's care in the context of COVID-19.
This first How We Care series presents the work of three Family for Every Child Members to help combat child sexual abuse in their regions.
UNICEF India is seeking a consultant to support implementation of the UNICEF programme for alternative care.
"Many orphanages across the district have completely cordoned off their premises, disallowing outsiders from stepping in so as to prevent any potential spreading of COVID-19," says this article from the Hindu, reporting from Madurai, India.
"The sudden imposition of a 21-day lockdown in India to stop the spread of the coronavirus has thrown the lives of millions of children into chaos," says this article from BBC News.
Child abuse hotlines have seen an increase in calls asking for protection from abuse and violence in light of the lockdown put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus, according to this article from India Times.
This booklet from Udayan Care provides guidance on how to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of children in child care institutions in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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