An exploratory study on the interplay between African customary law and practices and children’s protection rights in South Africa

An exploratory study on the interplay between African customary law and practices and children’s protection rights in South Africa
Patricia Martin and Buyi Mbambo

Save the Children Sweden commissioned this follow-up study to explore to what extent in South Africa, African customary law and practice promotes and/or inhibits the protection of children; how the positive impacts can be harnessed for the greater protection of more children; how the negative impacts can be mitigated; and finally how and who should be at the helm of any necessary developments of African customary law.

The Children Act (Kenya), Revised Edition 2010

The Children Act (Kenya), Revised Edition 2010
National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General

The Children Act, Chapter 141 is a Kenyan law that addresses provision for parental responsibility, fostering, adoption, custody, maintenance, guardianship, care and protection of children; provision for the administration of children’s institutions; and giving effect to the principles

Protecting Indonesian Children: Save the Children Indonesia's Families First Signature Program

Protecting Indonesian Children: Save the Children Indonesia's Families First Signature Program
Save the Children Indonesia

This animated video describes Indonesia's Families First Signature Program which began in 2005. The goal of Families First is to ensure that every child in Indonesia has a safe, family environment, recognizing that family-based care is best for child development. The video describes how the Signature Program has helped shift care away from institutions towards family-based care.

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Child maltreatment: Understanding national and state-level trends

Child maltreatment: Understanding national and state-level trends
Child Trends

Child Trends recently released three sets of child welfare fact sheets detailing child maltreatment, foster care, and adoption statistics from the United States for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2013. Each set of 52 fact sheets uses state and national data to tell a story about the U.S.'s most vulnerable children and youth, a story that varies dramatically by state. 

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Best practices and key challenges on interagency cooperation to safeguard unaccompanied children from going missing

Best practices and key challenges on interagency cooperation to safeguard unaccompanied children from going missing
Missing Children Europe

The objective of the project is to reduce the numbers of unaccompanied children who go missing. This project addresses how the issue of the disappearance of an unaccompanied child is tackled in different Member States and promotes promising strategies and behaviours related to the prevention and response to disappearances.