2021 BICON Conference Report

2021 BICON Conference Report
4th Biennial International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia

BICON 2021 was an opportunity for government and intergovernmental representatives, civil society organisations, practitioners, academics and most importantly care experienced young people to come together and discuss the most pressing issues regarding children’s care in Asia. With a focus on implementation, practitioners shared examples of innovation, highlighted promising practices, and showcased local solutions to challenges faced by countries across Asia. The Report is filled with challenges, recommendations, session summaries, speaker bios and more.

निजी रूपमा सञ्चालित आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाहरूमा COVID-19 को प्रभाव: वकालत र जागरूकता बढाउनका लागि अन्तरदृष्टि र प्रभावहरू

निजी रूपमा सञ्चालित आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाहरूमा COVID-19 को प्रभाव: वकालत र जागरूकता बढाउनका लागि अन्तरदृष्टि र प्रभावहरू
Rebecca Nhep, Better Care Network; Dr Kate van Doore, Law Futures Centre & Griffith Law School

यस अध्ययनले सातवटा केन्द्रित देशहरूमा २१ अर्ध-संरचित अन्तर्वार्ताहरू समावेश गरी गुणस्तरीय अनुसन्धान अध्ययन सञ्चालन गरेर निजी रूपमा सञ्चालित र वित्त पोषित आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाहरूको सानो संख्यामा COVID-19 को प्रभावको अन्वेषण गर्दछ।

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Care Reform in Kenya: Virtual Study Tour

Care Reform in Kenya: Virtual Study Tour
Changing the Way We Care, UNICEF, Government of Kenya

This Changing the Way We Care virtual study tour aims to provide an overview of care reform in Kenya from the comfort of your own home. Care reform relates to the care of children. It refers to efforts to improve the legal and policy frameworks, structures, services, supports and resources that determine and deliver alternative care, prevent family separation and support families to care for children well.

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Revisión y Análisis del Pénsum de Estudios Universitarios de Trabajo Social en Guatemala, y Propuesta de Inclusión de un Área Curricular de Protección Integral a la Niñez y Adolescencia en Guatemala

Revisión y Análisis del Pénsum de Estudios Universitarios de Trabajo Social en Guatemala, y Propuesta de Inclusión de un Área Curricular de Protección Integral a la Niñez y Adolescencia en Guatemala
Changing the Way We Care

Esta evaluación curricular esta dirigida a profesionales, personal y estudiantes de programas de trabajo social; la cual se basó en el análisis de cinco planes de estudio universitarios guatemaltecos relacionados con el trabajo social, utilizando un marco de competencias que incluyó habilidades y conocimientos básicos sobre los derechos de la niñez y adolescencia, la protección y el bienestar. Los resultados destacaron que los planes de estudio eran valiosos en muchos sentidos, sin embargo, presentan oportunidades para fortalecer los contenidos a fin de preparar con mayor profundidad al recurso humano convirtiendose en defensores de los derechos y la protección de los niños, niñas o adolescentes

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Families: Young People’s Experiences in Estonia

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Families: Young People’s Experiences in Estonia
Dagmar Kutsar, Leena Kurvet-Käosaar

This articles reflects the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of children and their families in Estonia during lockdown in spring 2020 and 2021. The data corpus is based on diaries compiled by children during the first lockdown in 2020 for a collection at the Estonian Literary Museum, and on a series of semi-structured interviews with children documenting their experiences during lockdown in spring 2021. The study draws on literature from the “new sociology of childhood” and applies Bronfenbrenner’s social ecological model to an analysis of young people’s experiences when their mobility outside the home was restricted, and they were forced to reorganise their time use.