Traditional kinship foster care in northern Ghana: the experiences and views of children, carers and adults in Tamale

Ahmed Bawa Kuyini, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Inga Tollerud, Hanne Weld, Iddi Haruna - Child & Family Social Work

For this study, surveys were employed to explore the experiences of children in care and their carers about traditional fostering.

‘The NGOs are breaking down our system’: Vulnerable children, NGOs, and the proliferation of orphanages in Ghana

Afra Galama - Masters' Thesis, Anthropology of Mobility, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

The focus of this thesis is the position of orphans, vulnerable children and orphanages in Ghana in relation to the ‘help’ they receive from western volunteers and NGOs.

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Suffering in silence: How COVID-19 school closures inhibit the reporting of child maltreatment

E. Jason Baron, Ezra G. Goldstein, and Cullen T. Wallace - Journal of Public Economics

This study examines an unexplored consequence of COVID-19 school closures: the broken link between child maltreatment victims and the number one source of reported maltreatment allegations—school personnel.