Global Research Series: Girls on the Move

Sandra Johansson, Sara Granath, Maria Reglero and Melinda van Zyl - Save the Children

The Girls on the Move Initiative is a global series of action research that puts girls at the centre. It has been conducted across different regions within existing Save the Children programmes. Each regional study generates targeted evidence to address knowledge gaps in current literature and programme approaches, and engages Save the Children teams to immediately strengthen ongoing interventions for girls in different stages of migration, notably during transit and arrival.

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Youth in Foster Care and the Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standard

Amanda Stafford McRell, Christian E. Holmes, Akanksha Singh, Sue E. Levkoff, Benjamin Schooley, Neşet Hikmet, Kristen D. Seay - Child Maltreatment

For this study, researchers conducted semi-structured retrospective telephone interviews with foster parents across one southeastern U.S. state to identify local retrospective perspectives on Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standard (RPPS) implementation.

Sector‐wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally

Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Carlos Andres Aragón, Lucero Ramirez Varela, Kathryn Moore, Sascha Hein, Adrian Cerezo - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

The authors of this study applied a sector‐wide analysis protocol that harmonized components of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle by the Inter‐Agency Standing Committee and of a framework to characterize the governance of early childhood development and education (ECDE) systems.

Do implementation contexts for the Positive Parenting Program improve child and parental well-being?

Antonio R Garcia, Minseop Kim, Christina Myers, Xuan Trinh - Journal of Social Work

this study relied on organizational survey data collected from child welfare workers and supervisors during the process of implementing an evidence-based practice—the Positive Parenting Program—and merged those data with data gathered by the Parents' Assessment of Protective Factors survey.

Through Our Eyes: Giving due weight to the views of children and young people in policy making

Meaghan Vosz, Shelley Keevers, Dylan Williams, Ben, Bonnie and Nika - Centre for Children and Young People

This resource is structured into six ‘practices’ that the authors learned from policy actors who are working in development, consultation and evaluation of policy that directly impacts the lives of children and young people in care.

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Social workers understanding of extended families position in child welfare in Lithuania, Chile and Norway

Siv Oltedal, Ingunn Studsrød, Rasa Naujanienė, Carolina Muñoz Guzmán - Journal of Comparative Social Work

The study from Chile, Lithuania and Norway explores how social workers define family and more specific the position of extended families within child welfare and thus indicate contextual differences and similarities.

Profile of neurodevelopmental and behavioural problems and associated psychosocial factors among a cohort of newly looked after children in an English local authority

Michael Ogundele - Adoption & Fostering

This study seeks to assess the prevalence of childhood neurodisabilities and related neurodevelopmental, emotional, behavioural and intellectual problems (NDEBIPs) among a cohort of children coming into care in an English local authority.

Storytelling among child welfare social workers: Constructing professional role and resilience through team talk

Laura L Cook - Qualitative Social Work

This article focuses on professional storytelling among child welfare social workers. It examines how social workers construct their professional role through team talk and the implications of this for our understanding of professional resilience and defensiveness.

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action & INSPIRE strategies: A Guide to Complementarity and Use in Humanitarian Action

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, UNHCR, UNICEF

The purpose of this note is to clarify the linkages and complementarity between INSPIRE seven strategies for ending violence against children and the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (‘2019 CPMS’); and to provide some practical guidance on how to use INSPIRE and the 2019 CPMS in conjunction for preventing and responding to violence against children in humanitarian settings.

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Protected! Podcast Episode 9: Phoning for Help, the 10-9-8 Child Helpline in Nepal

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

In this podcast episode, Sumnima Tuladhar, a founding member and executive director of CWIN child helpline in Nepal, discusses how calls to the helpline changed when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Nepal. They discuss the processes drawn up to allow the helpline team to continue supporting children in dangerous situations.

Some Challenges in Child Abuse Prevention in a Middle Income Country: The Brazilian Perspective

Lucia C. A. Williams, Viviane Dutra Gama, Ricardo P. Oliveira, Sabrina Mazo D’Affonseca - Child Abuse & Neglect

In this article, the authors present child abuse and neglect data available in Brazilian public health system platform and in a national childline reporting channel (Dial 100) from 2011-2017.

Care Reform Workshop Report

MEASURE Evaluation

This report outlines the sessions of a workshop help in London with representatives from four countries participating in a USAID/DCOF-funded activity aimed at intensifying country leadership in advancing national efforts on behalf of children who lack adequate family care, and provides highlights, key discussion points, and action items.

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Brief on Alternative Care Arrangements for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Contexts in Uganda - Challenges and Opportunities

Uganda Child Protection Sub Working Group

This brief reviews alternative care arrangements for unaccompanied and separated children in Uganda, including challenges faced and lessons learned.

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A shared sentence: Children of imprisoned parents in Uganda

Foundation for Human Rights Initiative and PRI

This research conducted jointly by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative and PRI assesses to what extent the guidance contained in the 'General Comment on the rights of children when their parents or primary caregivers are in conflict with the law' has been implemented in Uganda, highlighting some of the gaps that need to be filled.

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Functional Review of the Government Social Service Workforce in Relation to Child Protection

Gideon K. Bulwani and Janestic M. Twikirize - The Republic of Uganda

This report presents the findings of the “Functional review of the Government social service workforce in relation to child protection," which aimed to inform efforts geared towards strengthening the functionality of the social service workforce in Uganda, taking into account changes in the legal and policy framework and global trends in social protection and child protection in particular.

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End of Project Evaluation: Family Reintegration and Prevention of Separation

Anna Jolly

This end of project evaluation aimed to synthesise the wealth of data and learnings captured over the life of the Family Reintegration and Prevention of Separation (FRAPS) project to determine if project objectives were met, to complement existing data with primary data collection related to final project outcomes, and to provide a final product that can be used to appreciate the project achievements, challenges and learnings and to guide future programming.

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