Localising De-institutionalistion: The Potentials of Article 20 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Context of Rajasthan, India

Therese Boje Mortensen - Asia in Focus

This study contributes to a body of scholarship on ‘localising children’s rights’ by presenting findings from an ethnographic case study of an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan, India.

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A Child’s Right to a Family: Deinstitutionalization – In the Best Interest of the Child

Asha Bajpai - Journal of the National Human Rights Commission

Using national and international law, court observations, and field experiences, this paper argues a case for deinstitutionalization of children in India, by empowering the families, thereby protecting children's right to a family and preventing abuse and exploitation.

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Caseworkers' insights and experiences with successful reunification

Merav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee, Terry V. Shaw - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study presents findings from a survey of child welfare caseworkers' experiences with reunifications and focuses on practices and key factors at the casework practice and at the system-environment level to assist in achieving successful reunification.

Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare An Assessment of Current Efforts, Challenges and Opportunities

Christopher Teixeira and Matthew Boyas - MITRE Corporation

This document explores the state of the use of predictive analytics in child welfare by conducting an environmental scan of child welfare agencies, academia, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit vendors in the United States.

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May 11, 2017 Webinar: 2nd Webinar on the Initiative on Child Rights in the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact on safe, orderly, and regular Migration

CPC Learning Network & Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts

During this webinar on Thursday, May 11th, 2017, the second in the series of webinars organized by the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, two experts Mike Dottridge and Professor Jacqueline Bhabha outlined their current work on one of the key outputs of the initiative: a working document entitled “Child Rights in the Global Compact”.