‘We Need to Tackle Their Well Being First’: Understanding and Supporting Care-Experienced Girls in the Youth Justice System

Jo Staines, Claire Fitzpatrick, Julie Shaw, Katie Hunter

This article presents novel findings from interviews with 17 girls and young women and eight Youth Offending Team (YOT) staff, highlighting how being in care in the U.S. can affect offending behaviour and how YOTs may provide support to care-experienced girls who have been inadequately supported elsewhere.

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Integrating Child Welfare and Medicaid Data to Identify and Predict Superutilization of Services for Youth in Foster Care

Elizabeth Weigensberg

This chapter summarizes results of a study of high service use, or “superutilization,” among children in foster care in the U.S. The study linked administrative data from child welfare, Medicaid, and other services for two sites.

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Strengthening inclusive social protection systems for displaced children and their families

Social Work's Colonial Past With Indigenous Children and Communities in Australia and Canada: A Cross-National Comparison

Nilan Yu, Marina Morgenshtern, Jeanette Schmid

This article offers a cross-national comparison of social work in two countries, Australia and Canada, about the care of Indigenous children within the context of colonization and the evolving profession.

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Tracing the Evolution of Alternative Care for Children in India in the Last Decade and the Way Forward

Maninder Kaur, Nilima Mehta, Subhadeep Adhikary, Anamika Viswanath

This paper intends to capture the landscape of alternative care and its evolution in India, drawing from the review of the legal and policy framework, existing literature, and detailed discussions with Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) and State functionaries.

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A Portrait of the Rights of Children With Disabilities in Nigeria: A Policy Review

Rose Uzoma Elekanachi, Keiko Shikako, Laurie Snider, Noemi Dahan-Oliel

This study examined the extent to which Nigeria’s current disability and childhood policies have integrated the CRC and the CRPD frameworks. Using a structured search of databases and Nigerian federal and state government websites, we conducted a policy review to identify their disability and child-related disability policies.

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CRC/C/GC/26: Observación General N.º 26 en los derechos del niño y el medio ambiente, con especial atención al cambio climático

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Los daños medioambientales son una amenaza importante para los derechos de la infancia en todo el mundo. Los niños y las niñas exigen que se tomen medidas inmediatas y que se protejan sus derechos.

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CRC/C/GC/26: Observation Générale n° 26 sur les droits de l'enfant et l'environnement avec un accent particulier sur le changement climatique

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Cette Observation générale explique pourquoi il est urgent d'agir en faveur de l'environnement et du climat et ce que les gouvernements doivent faire pour protéger tous les droits des enfants. Elle précise également que les gouvernements doivent protéger les droits des enfants d'aujourd'hui et ceux des générations futures.

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