Care-leaving in South Africa: an international and social justice perspective

Sue Bond - Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy

This paper discusses some of the challenges facing care leavers and the development of the care-leaving debate, legislation and policy in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. A comparison of the care-leaving arena in South Africa and the support services available to care leavers in the different countries will be presented.

The Transition from Institutional Care to Adulthood and Independence: A Social Services Professional and Institutional Caregiver Perspective in Harare, Zimbabwe

Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi - Child Care in Practice

This paper discusses findings from a small-scale qualitative study conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe. Findings show that young people aging out from Harare’s care institutions face challenges making their transition from care into adulthood.

Opening Doors for Europe's Children 2018 Country Factsheets

Opening Doors for Europe's Children

The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children – a pan-European campaign that advocates for strengthening families and ending institutional care – released 16 country fact sheets about the progress with the transition from institutional to family- and community-based care (also known as deinstitutionalisation) in 2018.

Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Anders Vassenden & Gunn Vedøy - Child & Family Social Work

This article explores the history of strained relations between the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) and various migrant groups.

Alternative Care Thailand

CRC Coalition Thailand - Alternative Care Working Group

This website, developed by One Sky Foundation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition for Thailand Alternative Care Working Group, provides access to resources on alternative care in Thailand. 

Exploring the "Orphan Myth" in Thailand: An Analysis of Unregistered, Private Children's Homes in Sangkhlaburi District

Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition for Thailand Alternative Care Working Group

This summary report presents key findings and recommendations from an analysis of unregistered, private children's homes in Thailand's Sangkhlaburi District.

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