The Voice of Youngsters on Baby Dumping Issues in Malaysia

Nazni Noordin, Zaherawati Zakaria, Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamed Sawal, Zaliha Hj Hussin, Kamarudin Ngah, and Jennifah Nordin - International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, No. 1

This article describes research conducted in Malaysia on young people’s perceptions of “baby dumping,” or the abandonment of newborns and infants, a phenomenon that has become a “serious issue” in Malaysia. 

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Rapid assessment of children living in children’s homes in Zanzibar

Department of Social Welfare - Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children; Save the Children UK; SOS Children’s Villages

Zanzibar’s Department of Social Welfare - a department within the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children - along with Save the Children UK and SOS Children’s Villages undertook a rapid assessment of residential care institutions in Zanzibar in an effort to provide preliminary information to assist the Department of Social Welfare in licensing of all children’s homes in Zanzibar.

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Characteristics of Most Vulnerable Children and Their Guardians That Determine Service Use in a Tanzanian Social Service Agency

Naftali Bernard Ng’ondi - SAGE Open

The study used pre-existing data on the most vulnerable children’s (MVC’s) and their guardians’ socio-demographic information and the services they received from Pastoral Activities and Services for People With AIDS Dar es Salaam Archdiocese (PASADA) services agency in Tanzania. 

Training Toolkit on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

The African Child Policy Forum & the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, with financial support from Save the Children

This toolkit is designed to increase knowledge of the rights and duties provided in the ACRWC and ACERWC, educate government officials on the obligations of State Parties and inform civil society actors on the contents of the Charter as well as the mechanisms for engaging with the ACERWC.

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Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Fully Revised Third Edition

Rachel Hodgkin and Peter Newell - UNICEF

This Implementation Handbook offers explanation and analysis of the articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The aim of the handbook is to be a tool for implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and to provide additional insight and interpretation. 

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Exploring Factors Associated with Educational Outcomes for Orphan and Abandoned Children in India

Aakanksha Sinha & Margaret Lombe & Leia Y. Saltzman & Kathryn Whetten & Rachel Whetten & Positive Outcomes for Orphans Research Team - Global Social Welfare

This study explores the association of caregiver and child characteristics with educational outcomes for orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) in India.

Community-based organizations for vulnerable children in South Africa: Reach, psychosocial correlates, and potential mechanisms

A.R. Yakubovich, L. Sherr, L.D. Cluver, S. Skeen, I.S. Hensels, A. Macedo, M. Tomlinson - Children and Youth Services Review

This study used cross-sectional data from 1848 South African children aged 9–13 to address three questions: whether CBOs are reaching those who are most vulnerable, whether attending these organizations is associated with greater psychosocial wellbeing, and how they might work.

The experiences and outcomes of children in foster care who were removed because of a parental disability

Elizabeth Lightfoot, Sharyn DeZelar - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and outcomes of children in the foster care system in the United States who were removed from their homes at least partially in relation to their parent's or caretaker's disability. 

Indirect and verbal victimization by peers among at-risk youth in residential care

Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Mona Khoury-Kassabri - Child Abuse & Neglect

This study, based on a sample of 1,324 Jewish and Arab adolescents aged 11–19 in 32 RCSs, examines the prevalence and multilevel correlates of verbal (such as cursing) and indirect (such as social exclusion) forms of victimization by peers in residential care facilities.

A Process Model for Curriculum Development and Training of Social Work Faculty in Indonesia

Martha Haffey, Joan Morse and Florence Martin

This presentation, given at the Social Service Workforce and the Practice of Working with Vulnerable Children and Families Symposium, provides an overview of a child welfare curriculum development and training project for social work faculty in Indonesia. 

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Lignes directrices nationales sur la prise en charge des enfants dans les familles d’accueil transitoire: Manuel à l’usage des acteurs de protection de l’enfance en RCA

Ministere des Affaires Sociales, de la Promotion du Genre et de L’Action Humanitaire - Republique Centrafricaine, et UNICEF

Le présent document propose la procédure d’identification, de sélection, de formation, de suivi et d’appui aux familles d’accueil temporaire dans la prise en charge des enfants non accompagnés, séparés, enfants associés aux groupes armés, orphelins et autres enfants vulnérables en Centrafrique, aussi bien sur les sites des déplacés que dans les communautés.

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