Building a national child protection system in Ghana: From evidence to policy and practice

UNICEF & Global Affairs Canada

This case study is part of a UNICEF global initiative, undertaken in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada, to document national child protection frameworks in five core programming countries; this report describes the activities and findings from UNICEF's exploration of Ghana's national child protection system. 

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Promoting birth parents' relationships with their toddlers upon reunification: Results from Promoting First Relationships® home visiting program

Monica L. Oxford, Maureen Marcenko, Charles B. Fleming, Mary Jane Lohr, Susan J. Spieker - Children and Youth Services Review

This study reports on the findings from a randomized control trial of a 10-week home visiting program, Promoting First Relationships® (Kelly, Sandoval, Zuckerman, & Buehlman, 2008), for a subsample of 43 reunified birth parents of toddlers that were part of the larger trial.

Episode 51: Dr. Delia Pop – How We Can Discover and Develop Each Child’s Uniqueness in Cross-Cultural Situations?

Think Orphan

In this episode of the Think Orphan podcast, Philip Darke speaks with Dr. Delia Pop about the impact of institutional care, deinstitutionalisation (DI), cross-cultural application, and how faith communities, missionaries, volunteers, and donors can work toward better outcomes for children outside family care. 

From the ground up: Developing a national case management system for highly vulnerable children - An experience in Zimbabwe

N. Beth Bradford - Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children), Catholic Relief Services

This case study describes the adaptation of a community-based case management model to a national case management framework for highly vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. 

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State of the World’s Fathers 2017: Time for Action

Brian Heilman, Ruti Levtov, Nikki van der Gaag, Alexa Hassink, and Gary Barker, with contributions from Wessel van den Berg - MenCare

Produced by MenCare, the second State of the World's Fathers report provides a worldwide analysis of fatherhood and caregiving. Drawing on global research and statistics, this report serves as an advocacy tool for MenCare's global fatherhood campaign and proposes a call to action for policy and practice around the world. 

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“When Will I Get to Go Home?” Abuses and Discrimination against Children in Institutions and Lack of Access to Quality Inclusive Education in Armenia

Human Rights Watch

This report is based on Human Rights Watch visits to five state-run orphanages and ten state-run schools, including six special schools and four mainstream schools, and interviews with 173 people, in eight cities in Armenia. 

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Is this Protection? Analyzing India's Approach to the Rescue and Reintegration of Children Trafficked for Labor Exploitation

Elizabeth Donger and Jacqueline Bhabha - FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

This report provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of the Indian government’s efforts to rescue and reintegrate children trafficked for their labor.

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Anguish of the Abandoned Child

Charles A. Nelson III, Nathan A. Fox and Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. - Scientific American

Published in Scientific American in 2013, this article describes the findings from the first-ever randomized trial comparing the emotional and physical well-being of institutionalized children with those placed in foster care in Bucharest, Romania. 

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