What the Girls Say: Improving practices for the demobilisation and reintegration of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo

Child Soldiers International

This report presents the findings of research conducted by Child Soldiers International to assess the effectiveness of release, psychosocial recovery and reintegration interventions (commonly referred to as ‘DDR’) for girls associated with armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Improving housing and service responses to domestic and family violence for Indigenous individuals and families

Kyllie Cripps & Daphne Habibis - Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

According to this research, the unintended consequences of limited housing pathways puts Indigenous women at significant risk of having their children removed by Child Protection. The research examines how housing and other service responses need to be improved to meet the needs of Aboriginal individuals and families in the aftermath of domestic and family violence.

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Current practice for social workers on planning contact for special guardianship children

Nicholas Thompson - Journal of Children's Services

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the recommending of contact in special guardianship cases, and to provide data on what contact social workers are recommending, the factors they take into consideration, and the reasons for their decisions.

Children in Specific Emergency Situations and Need for Child Protection Services

Murli Desai - Rights-based Integrated Child Protection Service Delivery Systems

The aim of this module from the book Rights-based Integrated Child Protection Service Delivery Systems is to learn about children in specific situations of emergency and the need for Integrated Child Protection Centres to provide rights-based services for them at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention.

“Help goes around in a circle”: young unaccompanied refugees’ engagement in interpersonal relationships and its significance for resilience

Kristina Johansen, Ingunn Studsrød - International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

The purpose of this paper is to address how young unaccompanied refugees in Norway actively engage in interpersonal relationships.

Adolescent Girls’ Psychosocial Experiences Following Transition out of Institutionalized Care: A Qualitative Exploration of Life at an After-Care Program in Delhi, India

Neha Srivastava - University of California Los Angeles

This dissertation study aimed to describe and understand adolescent girls’ subjective experiences of life in an after-care facility after transitioning out of institutionalized care in Delhi, India.

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