Investing in those who care for children: Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference Report, Cape Town, November 2010

Amy Bess, Luisa López, Evelyn Tomaszewski - National Association of Social Workers - US (NASW - US), Division for Human Rights & International Affairs

This Conference explored a range of workforce development strategies, including strategies for planning, training, and supporting the workforce incorporating lessons learned from Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources for Health Initiatives as well as other human and institutional capacity building and training efforts.

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Reuniting children separated from their families after the Rwandan crisis of 1994: the relative value of a centralized database

Maarten Merkelbach - International Review of the Red Cross

This paper presents the results of an audit to evaluate the efficacy of the central database designed to facilitate the reunification of unaccompanied children in Rwanda with their families.

Guidelines for Child Protection Case Management and Referral in Kenya

Republic of Kenya

The guidelines for Case Management and Referral for Child Protection Systems in Kenya is a reference material to guide different actors on how to carry out comprehensive case management and referral and defines the role of the government, civil society organizations, the communities, the family and the child to complement each other.

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Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya

UNICEF

The main objectives of this study were to establish the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage among five ethnic communities in the following six study locations: Garissa (Balambala); Wajir South (Habaswein); Kajiado Central; Marsabit (Laisamis); Samburu (Wamba); and West Pokot (Sook).

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