Global Out-of-Home Childcare and World Culture

Olga Ulybina

The focus of this article is the link between the modern world culture and national public policy commitments. Drawing on world society theory and using data for 193 countries between 1990 and 2020—1411 documents in total—the authors analyze the global pattern of policy commitments to out-of-home childcare deinstitutionalization.

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World Childhood Foundation

Rapporten visar på omfattande sexuella övergrepp och kränkningar mot barn på svenska statliga ungdomshem – platser som är avsedda att vara trygga för unga med omfattande psykosocial problematik. Kunskapen om att barn utsätts för sexuella övergrepp på SiS har funnits länge. Bara förra året kom granskningar från Institutionen för vård och omsorg (IVO), Justitieombudsmannen (JO) och Statskontoret som alla visade på stora brister inklusive våld och sexuella övergrepp.

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Explaining the Cross-National Pattern of Policy Shift toward Childcare Deinstitutionalization

Olga Ulybina

The article presents the newly collected data on the adoption of childcare deinstitutionalization policy by 15 countries – previously republics of the Soviet Union. Qualitative comparative analysis is employed to explore the role of national-level attributes affecting the timing of policy adoption and the rate of implementation.

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Policy Instrument Choice Under Globalization: Do authoritarian states choose differently?

Olga Ulybina

The paper presents new data on childcare deinstitutionalization policies in 15 ex-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The data suggest significant convergence among countries in the adoption of both deinstitutionalization policy ‘ends’ and ‘means’, despite drastic differences in political regimes.

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Children’s Rights in Bulgaria Between Theory and Practice: The case of the deinstitutionalization reform

Gergana Nenova, Radostina Antonova

In this article, the authors aim to analyse how the process of deinstitutionalization in Bulgaria relates to the concept of child’s rights articulated in the CRC on which it is based. They focus on children without disabilities, specifically children raised in small home centres (SHC2) subject to so-called residential care.

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Évaluation du Système de Protection de Remplacement pour les Enfants en Situation de Handicap en Côte D’ivoire

International Social Service (ISS)

Cette évaluation dresse un tableau de la situation en Côte d'Ivoire des enfants handicapés privés de soins parentaux ou risquant d'être séparés de leur famille, ainsi que des options de prise en charge alternative disponibles.

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Case Management for Care Reform

UNICEF ESARO Regional Learning Platform

This UNICEF ESARO webinar explores the role of case management in care reform and examines strategies for effective case management from Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. Speakers address case conferencing, integrated case management, caseloads, and monitoring case management.