Country Care Review: Denmark

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on the Right of the Child at their recent examinations of Denmark's report.

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Country Care Review: Ecuador

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of their examinations of the most recent state reports.

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Country Care Review: Mexico

Better Care Network

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

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Country Care Review: New Zealand

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of its examination of the first periodic report of New Zealand (CRPD/C/NZL/1) at its 143rd and 144th meetings, held on 15 and 16 September 2014.

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Key Models with Regards to De-institutionalisation and Child Protection System Reform in Rwanda

Hope and Homes for Children, Rwanda

This document presents key models used by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) in Rwanda with regards to deinstitutionalisation and child protection system reform, particularly regarding closure of institutions, development of alternative care and prevention of family separation and institutionalisation.

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Improving Child Protection Responses in Indonesia: Learning from the Protection Homes for Children (RPSA)

Florence Martin, Save the Children

This report reviews the role and practice of State-established child protection residential institutions in Indonesia focused on providing services for children defined as being in need of special protection under the Child Protection law, in particular child victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation including victims of trafficking.

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Life Improvement, Life Satisfaction and Care Arrangement Among AIDS Orphans in Rural Henan, China

Qun Zhao, Xiaoming Li, Xiaoyi Fang, Bonita Stanton, Guoxiang Zhao, Junfeng Zhao, and Liying Zhang

This study aims to compare perceived life improvement and life satisfaction among double orphans in 3 main care arrangements (group home, AIDS orphanage, kinship care) in 2 rural Chinese counties.

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Push and Pull Factors of Institutionalization of Children: A Study Based in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka

Nirekha De Silva and Asitha G. Punchihewa

This research on the institutionalization of children in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka was carried out by Save the Children with the support of the Department of Probation and Children Care Services and National Institute of Social Development.

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The Case for Population Based Tracking of Outcomes for Children Toward a Public Health Approach in Child Protection System Strengthening

Michael Wessells - Columbia University

The purpose of this paper is to suggest the value of tracking population-based outcomes for children as a key component of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of a national child protection system.

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