There are compelling reasons to believe that orphans – many millions due to the AIDS epidemic – are more likely to be sexually victimized during childhood.
This systematic review assessed the quantitative literature to determine whether orphans are more likely to experience physical and/or sexual abuse compared to non-orphans in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It also evaluated the quality of evidence and identified research gaps.
The authors of this article applied a human rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understand what extent children’s basic human rights were being upheld in institutional vs. community- or family-based care settings in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.
Since 1986, American parents have adopted over 17,300 children from Guatemala. This study assessed the health, growth, and developmental status of 103 Guatemalan adopted children (48 girls; 55 boys) after arrival in the United States. Physical evidence suggestive of prenatal alcohol exposure and adequacy of vaccinations administered were also reviewed.
This Multisectoral National Strategy for Child Protection builds on a mapping and assessment of Lesotho’s current child protection system, which drew together many stakeholders to consider how best to move forward on child protection in a coordinated and sustainable way.
Save the Children Sweden commissioned this follow-up study to explore to what extent in South Africa, African customary law and practice promotes and/or inhibits the protection of children; how the positive impacts can be harnessed for the greater protection of more children; how the negative impacts can be mitigated; and finally how and who should be at the helm of any necessary developments of African customary law.
This document presents the Kingdom of Lesotho's National Multisectoral Child Protection Strategy 2014–2018 and a Costed Plan of Action for 2014-2016. The document is a more detailed operational document, setting out a road map for actions from July 2014 through to March 2017.
The Children Act, Chapter 141 is a Kenyan law that addresses provision for parental responsibility, fostering, adoption, custody, maintenance, guardianship, care and protection of children; provision for the administration of children’s institutions; and giving effect to the principles
This training manual has been developed with the aim of enhancing the capacity of Charitable Children Institutions (CCIs) in providing services to children under their care.
This animated video describes Indonesia's Families First Signature Program which began in 2005. The goal of Families First is to ensure that every child in Indonesia has a safe, family environment, recognizing that family-based care is best for child development. The video describes how the Signature Program has helped shift care away from institutions towards family-based care.
Child Trends recently released three sets of child welfare fact sheets detailing child maltreatment, foster care, and adoption statistics from the United States for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2013. Each set of 52 fact sheets uses state and national data to tell a story about the U.S.'s most vulnerable children and youth, a story that varies dramatically by state.
The objective of the project is to reduce the numbers of unaccompanied children who go missing. This project addresses how the issue of the disappearance of an unaccompanied child is tackled in different Member States and promotes promising strategies and behaviours related to the prevention and response to disappearances.
This brief is part of the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign and is based on the proposal made to the Bulgarian Government by the Coalition ‘Childhood 2025’ to update the structure and content of the updated Action Plan.
This report and research conducted by SOS Children’s Villages reviews alternative care arrangements in Tanzania.
The Practical Guide of the Professional Supervision Mechanism in Social Assistance was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova), with the technical support of the "Support in the Delivery of Efficient and Sustainable Social Assista
Decision No. 1361 on the approval of the Framework Regulations on the Foster Care Service was enacted by the Government of the Republic of Moldova on December 21, 2007 in order to implement the Law on social assistance (No 547-XV as of December 25, 2003) as well as to achieve the National Strategy and Action Plan on the Reform of the Residential Childcare System for 2007-2012, approved by Government Decision No 784, as of July 9, 2007.
Republic of Moldova, Parliament, Law No. 123 on Social Services entered into force 3 March 2011.
On 31 October 2007, the Government of the Republic of Moldova issued Decision No. 1177 on the setting up of the Commission for the Protection of the Child in Difficulty and Approval of the Framework Regulations on the activity of the Commission.
This document, entitled "The Mechanism of Professional Supervision in Social Assistance", was approved by Order of the Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova) on 31 December 2008.
This "Practical Guide: System for Prevention of Child Separation from the Family" was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child with technical support from the "Support to the Delivery of Efficient and Sustainable Social Assistance Services” project implemented by OPM/EveryChild Moldova, funded by DFID/SIDA.
This annex contains the Moldova government's "Minimum Standards of Quality for the Functioning of Foster Care." This document addresses compulsory norms, existing at national level, that guarantees a minimum level of quality in the process of foster care service delivery.
