Stand By Me – Flexible and Holistic Support for Young Care Leavers: Smoothing Transitions from Care

Jade Purtella and Philip Mendes - Children Australia, Volume 1, Special Issue 003

This article examines the Stand By Me (SBM) programme, which was developed in Victoria to replicate the ongoing support provided in the UK to care leavers by Personal Advisers who remain available to assist young people until 21 years of age. 

Sex, Abuse and Childhood: A study about knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to child sexual abuse, including in travel and tourism in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam

World Vision Australia, Vorng, Sophorntavy,

This report presents an overview of the findings of four separate studies conducted in vulnerable communities in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to child sexual abuse, including in travel and tourism.

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Children on the move in South-East Asia. Why child protection systems are needed

Save the Children, West, Andrew

This report is a shortened version of a desk review of children’s movements in the context of regional migration (Children’s Migration: Diversities, Exploitation, Participation and Protection in the Greater Mekong Sub-region of South-East Asia, available separately from Save the Children).

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Reintegration of child soldiers in Burundi: A Tracer study

Mark JD Jordans, Ivan H Komproe, Wietse A Tol, Aline Ndayisaba, Theodora Nisabwe and Brandon A Kohrt - BMC Public Health

This study assesses reintegration trajectories of child soldiers in Burundi several years after demobilization. It looks broadly at socioeconomic and mental health indicators of a large group of former child soldiers and never recruited peers, both of who participated in an economic support program.

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A study on reintegration of street children in Burundi: experienced violence and maltreatment are associated with mental health impairments and impeded educational progress

Anselm Crombach, Manassé Bambonyé and Thomas Elbert - Frontiers in Psychology

This article outlines findings from research on current and former street children in Burundi, that assesses the extent to which violence can affect children’s mental well-being and psychological functioning, and thus limit their reintegration.

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État des Lieux de la Formation de la Police et de la Magistrature aux Droits de L’Efant et à la Justice pour Mineurs au Burundi

Bureau International des Droits des Enfants

Ce rapport documente une initiative visant à assurer la sécurité et la justice au Burundi acteurs de la protection des enfants et la formation aux droits de l'enfant, dans le cadre d'un projet régional plus large.

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Unaccompanied and Separated Foreign Children in the Care System in the Western Cape – A Socio-Legal Study

Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Marilize Ackermann - SCIELO

This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children, including from Burundi, accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres (CYCCs). 

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STATE PARTY EXAMINATION OF BURUNDI’S SECOND PERIODIC REPORT 55TH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Child Rights Connect

This examination of Burundi’s Second Periodic Report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child includes a section on Alternative Care and Family Environment that details Burundi’s progress and challenges in areas such as regulation of adoption and residential care for children. 

Project Monitoring Visit to Burundi: “Building a Caring Environment for Children in Burundi” and “New Generation”

USAID

This report provides a review of two projects: Building a Caring Environment for Children in Burundi (UNICEF), which addresses child care reform and New Generation (IRC) which addresses household economic strengthening and parenting skills. 

Urwaruka Rushasha (New Generation): Improving the wellbeing of vulnerable children in Burundi A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Village Savings and Loans Associations and Family-Based Interventions in Burundi

USAID - International Rescue Committee

This is an impact evaluation of New Generation,  a three-year project comprised of two components: 1) A VSLA intervention involving the establishment of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and the provision of entrepreneurship and financial literacy education and 2) A fami

Urwaruka Rushasha (New Generation): Improving the wellbeing of vulnerable children in Burundi

Bundervoet, Annan & Armstrong - International Rescue Committee

This brief presents the results of the mid-term evaluation of the New Generation project - a three-year project comprised of two components: 1) A VSLA intervention involving the establishment of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and the provision of entrepreneurship and financial lite

Country Care Review: Nepal

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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Recruitment Patterns of Child Trafficking in Madagascar: An Analysis Based on Missing and Recovered Children

Jérôme Ballet & Augendra Bhukuth - Journal of Human Trafficking

While there is a good amount of trafficking research that focuses on Africa, much of the research has greatly neglected child trafficking and its traits within the borders of a particular country. The goal of this article is to take stock of the child trafficking situation within Madagascar’s borders. This article examines the impact of supply-and-demand factors on child trafficking in Madagascar and discusses the approaches that should be used in the implementation of anti-trafficking policies.

The Role of Community Care Coalition for Child Protection in Assosa City

Abebe Senbeta - Addis Ababa University - The School of Social Work

This study investigates the effects of Community Care Coalitions on child protection in Assosa City, Ethiopia. It explores services and strategies employed by Community Care Coalitions to address child protection, as well as challenges faced by Community Care Coalitions while attempting to provide these services.

No Future for our Children: Challenges faced by foreign minors living in South Africa

Ncumisa Willie & Popo Mfubu - AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW, Vol.2 No1, Jan-April 2016

This paper highlights the difficulties faced by foreign minors and how the gaps in law leave them undocumented, vulnerable and unable to access social services. This paper also discusses how South Africa’s approach to accompanied and unaccompanied foreign minor children provides no durable long term solutions for these children, effectively leaving them in a legal hole once they reach the age of majority.

Exploring International Kinship Care Arrangement: The case of Ethiopian Children applying for Australian Orphan relative Visa

Asnakech Tesfaye - Addis Ababa University - Graduate School of Social Work

In this research paper Asnakech Tesfaye explores the expectations of Ethiopian children applying for an Australian Orphan Visa.  Tesfaye’s research found children applying for visas expected to get better education, employment, material benefits and living conditions. 

Fighting for the Forgotten: Risk and Resilience of Children and Families Involved with the Foster Care System

Deborah Shropshire, Amanda Williams Affiliated with University of Southern Mississippi, Lauren Burge, Larissa Hines – Springer Link

This article discusses how the resilience of foster children can be increassed, and their outcomes changed through the responsible and intentional interventions of health care professionals, child welfare workers, and communities.

National Action Plan for Child Well-Being 2016-2021

The Republic of Uganda

In this National Action Plan for Child Well-Being, Uganda spells out goals, plans, and actions it needs to take to improve child well-being in Uganda.   The document points out that 62 percent of persons living in poverty are children.  It notes that 33 percent of children under 5 are stunted, and it further states that only 37 percent of children make it to secondary education. 

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