This article explores the implementation of a system in Malaysia, where mothers or guardians who choose to abandon their baby are enabled to do so anonymously within a safe environment.

This bibliography, prepared by Professor David Powers of Cornell University, includes a list of resources and articles related to adoption within the context of Islam. 

This report was conducted to provide an extensive assessment designed to map the existing child protection system in Zambia. 

This report, prepared for UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) assesses capacity of Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia to manage alternative care systems for children. 

This report outlines the global context that the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) is operating within, with respect to child protection. 

This Act makes provisions for “the custody and protection of juveniles in need of care in Zambia; to provide for the correction of juvenile delinquents; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.”

This handbook offers a compendium of Zambian juvenile law, including the processing of juveniles in the criminal justice system.

This brochure outlines the Public Welfare Assistance Scheme, including its objectives, types of assistance provided, social and educational support provided, eligibility and how to access services.

This brochure outlines adoption policy and procedure in Zambia, including a definition of adoption, how it works, its limitations, requirements for adopting a child, and other conditions.

This brochure outlines the Public Welfare Assistance Scheme, including services related to inspection of child-care facilities and adoption.

This brochure contains information about foster care in Zambia, including the definition of foster care, its limitations, its importance, how to become a foster carer and how foster licenses are granted. 

This document outlines an overarching National Health Policy for Zambia.

The national Adolescent Health Strategic Plan 2011 to 2015 (ADH-SP 2011- 2015) for Zambia, seeks to outline the strategic framework for promoting the planning, organization and delivery of appropriate, accessible, efficient and effective Adolescent Friendly Health Services (ADFHS) throughout the country.

This document is the National Health Strategic Plan 2011 to 2015 (NHSP 2011-15) for Zambia.

This Road Map is aimed at accelerating “the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality rates sufficiently in order to enable Zambia attain the set MDGs by 2015.”

In order to strengthen the national response to child marriage, the Government of Zambia developed a five-year National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage (2016-2021). 

This fact sheet by Save the Children provides an overview of the current status of national child protection systems in Zambia. 

This Act provides for the co-ordination and registration of non-governmental organisations in Zambia.

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

This paper reflects upon lessons learned by Retrak and explores the challenges and the benefits of developing a body of evidence on reintegration good practice. 

This study explores the determinants of child-parent separation and the consequences of existing alternative care arrangements from the perspectives of adults and young people in Laos.

This manuscript reviews the issues facing children outside of households and argues for the importance of gathering robust data about this population to formulate responsive policies and services, mobilize resources, and foster accountability.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that the use of a Community Caregiver service provision model had on outcomes for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire. 

This paper examines whether policies that guide the termination of parental rights correspond to state adoption rate differences in the United States.

The purpose of this commentary is to articulate why focusing on both program and context offers policymakers a more promising pathway for achieving meaningful and sustainable improvements in a child’s well-being and healthy development.