This report is based on research in the French Department of Hautes-Alpes between January and July 2019 in which Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed fifty-nine boys, one girl, and one adult man who had recently turned 18, all of whom had migrated to France unaccompanied.
This report presents the main conclusions from the 2019 Small Voices Big Dreams Technical Manual, which outlines in great detail the perceptions and opinions of children and adolescents from all over the world regarding the multiple dimensions of violence exercised against them.
These Case Management Minimum Indicators provide measurable benchmarks to assess the quality of case management in humanitarian crises.
The aim of this guide is to encourage a structured approach to developing Standard Operating Procedures for Child Protection Case Management in humanitarian settings.
The American Convention on Human Rights in an international human rights instrument adopted in San Jose, Costa Rica in November 1969.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a human rights treaty establishing rights of persons with disabilities.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty establishing the rights of children.
The authors of this review from the U.S. Office of Inspector General conducted qualitative analysis to identify the most significant challenges that facilities faced in addressing the mental health needs of children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody.
The aim of the present quantitative study is to examine how perceived maternal acceptance-rejection contributes to the risk of mental illness in orphaned adolescents.
This program brief provides an overview of, and key findings from, an evaluation of a community-based child protection intervention in post-conflict Uganda by Makerere University.
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect the incidence rate of neglected children in Indonesia by considering the household effect.
This rapid evidence review is intended to contribute to the drafting of authoritative guidance to assist courts in the UK in making Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) and to help inform decision-making by frontline practitioners.
This study explores the social work role with children in long-term care, focusing on how relationships between children and social workers can support wellbeing.
This manual provides guidance on how to train up to 60 youth, ages 16-24, from four project countries with the goal of increasing awareness and understanding of gender-based violence (GBV) amongst children and youth on the move.
The focus of this training is on building the knowledge and capacity of care professionals from Greece, Belgium, Malta and Romania to prevent, identify and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) affecting children and youth on the move, including unaccompanied minors.
This video series from Better Care Network, in partnership with Child's i Foundation, highlights promising practices in children's care in Uganda.
This review was initiated by a formal request from Nunatsiavut Government to investigate Inuit children’s experiences in the child protection system in Canada.
This paper reviews factors impacting the likelihood that a permanent placement will be attained for a child in care in greater depth, as well as several programs and initiatives implemented to support positive permanency outcomes in the United States.
This paper examines all policy and laws related to families in the South, West, East and Central regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
The aim of this study was to describe lifetime involvement in child protection system (CPS) in South Australia, by type of contact.
The goal of this paper was to review and critique the literature examining predictors of better-than-expected adjustment of children who have experienced institutional care.
The present protocol outlines a scoping review of research evidence to identify what works in safely reducing the number of children and young people (aged ≤18 years) entering statutory social care.
This paper examines strategies currently being implemented in early care and education (ECE) to address early childhood trauma.
Through a thematic content analysis of qualitative interviews with members of migrants’ families, this article illustrates that in the context of internal labour migration, family responsibilities shift in ways that make unemployed grandmothers in South Africa who do not receive the Old Age Grant vulnerable.
The purpose of the review, developed by International Child Development Initiatives, was to present an overview of (as much as possible) evidence-based promising practices in Family Strengthening interventions in Cambodia, implemented by FCF|REACT partners.
