Uganda National Child Policy 2020

Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Government of Uganda

This National Child Policy of Uganda has been developed to coordinate the efforts of the different sectors that have a direct and indirect mandate on children and deliver a comprehensive package of services encompassing all the four cardinal rights of the child (to survival, development, protection and participation) in a multi-sectoral approach. 

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Parents' perceptions of a group‐based parenting programme in families with child protection and other family support services in a real‐life setting

Piia Karjalainen, Olli Kiviruusu, Päivi Santalahti, Eeva T. Aronen - Child & Family Social Work

The aim of this study was to assess parents' satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the Incredible Years® (IY®) parenting programme in the Child Protection Services (CPS) context, where children's behaviour problems are common.

Health insurance coverage for vulnerable children: two HIV orphans with Burkitt lymphoma and their quest for health insurance coverage in Kenya

Sandra Langat, Festus Njuguna, Gertjan Kaspers, and Saskia Mostert - BMJ Case Reports

This case report depicts the quest for health insurance coverage of two HIV orphans with Burkitt lymphoma in Kenya.

Behavioral Change Promotion, Cash Transfers and Early Childhood Development : Experimental Evidence from a Government Program in a Low-Income Setting

Patrick Premand & Oumar Barry - The World Bank

This paper disentangles the effects of behavioral change promotion from cash transfers to poor households through an experiment embedded in a government program in Niger.

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Issues Of Improving The Institution Of Placing Children Deprived Of Parental Care In Uzbekistan

Dinara Babajanova - The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations

This article discusses the issues of adoption, foster care and the appointment of guardians and trustees, as well as issues related to the upbringing of children deprived of parental care, innovations in family law and the placement of children deprived of parental care in Uzbekistan.

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Family Reunification Decision-Making in Dutch Family Foster Care

Mirte S. L. Teunissen, Anouk Goemans, Frank van Holen, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Harold T. Nefs, Huub M. Pijnenburg, Harm Damen & Paul H. Vedder - Child & Youth Care Forum

The present study uses concept mapping as an exploratory method, to identify themes that seem to be used by two groups of professionals in their judgement and decision making on reunification.

U.S. Border Expulsions Further Jeopardize Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Minors in the Time of COVID-19

Evan Harris - CHLB Scholarship

The author of this article argues that "by authorizing the rapid expulsion of vulnerable persons despite limited epidemiological justification as well as clear legal alternatives, the order stands as a gross violation of the United States’ historical policy to welcome and protect those seeking refuge at our borders."

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Conclusions: The Processes of Producing Kinship and the State in Residential Care

Jennifer Rasell - Care of the State

The concluding chapter of Care of the State: Relationships, Kinship and the State in Children’s Homes in Late Socialist Hungary ​​​​​​​draws together the main findings of the author's research into the changing relationships and kinship ties of children who lived in state residential care in socialist Hungary.

Negotiating Care Between Parents and State Officials

Jennifer Rasell - Care of the State

This chapter of Care of the State: Relationships, Kinship and the State in Children’s Homes in Late Socialist Hungary ​​​​​​​explores negotiations between parents and state officials about the care of their children, showing that gendered norms of parenting and ‘appropriate’ family units were implicit parts of child protection policies in state socialist Hungary.

Not a Fading Problem: Child Protection from the 1950s to the 1980s

Jennifer Rasell - Care of the State

This chapter from Care of the State: Relationships, Kinship and the State in Children’s Homes in Late Socialist Hungary looks at child protection in Hungary from the 1950s to the 1980s, arguing that the organisational structures of state welfare bolstered parent-child ties yet restricted sibling relations.

Child Protection Mentoring Guide

Save the Children Australia

This guide aims to build Save the Children staff capacity through the provision of mentoring to Save the Children staff, funded partner organisations, staff and volunteers, including field coordinators, child and youth group leaders, community mentors and facilitators.

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A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Fam i lies Administration on Children, Youth and Families Children's Bureau Office on Child Abuse and Neglect

This manual - the first in a series - provides an overview of the problem of child abuse and neglect and the prevention and intervention processes.

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Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19

Better Care Network, Save the Children, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF, and the Inter-agency Task Force

This document provides practical guidance to actors in humanitarian and development contexts on the adaptations and considerations needed to support children who are either currently in alternative care or are going into an alternative care placement during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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