An exploratory study on children at risk: a case of orphans’ social and intellectual wellness in Masvingo urban, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Racheal Mafumbate, Tsediso Makoelle, & Meahabo Dinah Magano - The 40th Annual International Conference of SASE

The study gathered data from 16 purposively sampled orphans, 4 guidance teachers and analysed documents within a primary school in Masvingo Urban in Zimbabwe.

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Tracking Progress Initiative Tool

Inter-Agency Tracking Progress Initiative Steering Group

The Tracking Progress Tool is a free, web-based, interactive diagnostic and learning tool designed to enable national actors to determine the extent to which their country has effectively implemented the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and to identify the priorities for change still ahead.

Joint General Comment on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return

Committee on the Rights of the Child & Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW Committee) jointly adopted two general comments on the human rights of children in situations of international migration.

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Hurdles impeding the provision of holistic services to children in need of care and protection : a study of selected child and youth care centres in Soweto, South Africa

Leonard M. Agere, Pius T. Tanga, and Simon Kang’ethe - Child Abuse Research in South Africa

The aim of the paper is to explore selected pertinent challenges that impede child and youth care centres (CYCCs) from providing holistic support and care to children found in need of care as stated in the Children’s Act No. 38/2005. 

How wealthy are orphans and vulnerable children households in a metropolitan community, South-West Nigeria?

Oyindamola B Yusuf, Temitayo Odusote, Olusanmi Iyabode, Joanna Nwosu, Tessie Phillips–Ononye, Ayo S Adebowale, Elijah A Bamgboye - African Population Studies

This study determined the socio-economic status of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in relation to service areas in Lagos Nigeria.

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Achieving positive change for children? Reducing the length of child protection proceedings: lessons from England and Wales

Judith Masson, Jonathan Dickens, and Kay Bader - Adoption and Fostering

This article will discuss the impact of reforms on time limits in decision-making for children, questioning whether they achieve both good decisions for children and justice for families. 

Country Care Review: Cyprus

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Cyprus’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Country Care Review: Vanuatu

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Country Care Review: Tajikistan

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Tajikistan’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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The Children Act Amendment 2016: Key Objectives, the Journey, Key Amendments, Next Steps

Uganda's National Council for Children, Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children (UPFC), and Private Sector Foundation Uganda

This bulletin highlights the key objectives and key amendments of Uganda's Children Act Amendment of 2016. It also outlines the process by which the Bill was developed and approved and lays out next steps for implementing the Act and ensuring the rights of children in Uganda.

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Impact of Nutritional Status on Cognition in Institutionalized Orphans: A Pilot Study

Sanjana M Kamath, Kavana G Venkatappa, and Ergod Manjunath Sparshadeep - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

The aim of this study is to assess the nutritional and cognitive status in institutionalized orphans which might help to formulate effective interventions for improving the nutritional status of vulnerable children in future.

Parenting, Environment, and Early Child Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Paul Oburu, Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Robert H. Bradley, Riku Moriguchi, Pia Rebello Britto - Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa

This chapter describes the contemporary situation of children in sub-Saharan Africa with successive foci on child growth, the home environment, parenting, and discipline using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).

The Effects of Socioeconomic Vulnerability, Psychosocial Services, and Social Service Spending on Family Reunification: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis

Tonino Esposito, Ashleigh Delaye, Martin Chabot, Nico Trocmé, David Rothwell, Sonia Hélie and Marie-Joelle Robichaud - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This paper examines the extent to which socioeconomic vulnerability, psychosocial service consultations, and preventative social services spending impacts the reunification for children placed in out-of-home care.

Child Welfare and Successful Reunification through the Socio-Educative Process: Training Needs among Biological Families in Spain

M. Angeles Balsells, Crescencia Pastor, Pere Amorós, Ainoa Mateos, Carmen Ponce and Alicia Navajas - Social Sciences

This study investigates the specific training needs of the biological family during the transition phase of the reunification process in which the child prepares to return home.