This article discusses adoption in the international human rights framework. Most specifically, it focuses on the rights of the child and how to proceed with adoptions by keeping in mind the best interest of the child.
This is a statutory instrument detailing rules and regulations surrounding alternative care homes. This instrument defines what is necessary for the care and well-being of children within alternative care, and what they require medically and socially.
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.
This article presents findings from a study on children who were adopted by lesbian or gay parents from within the United States foster care system, as well as a survey from the adoptive parents. The article reviews the controversial issues facing gay and lesbian adoptive parents.
“Paper Orphans: Exploring Child Trafficking for the Purpose of Orphanages” serves as a legal analysis of child trafficking for the purpose of filling orphanages. This paper focuses on the displacement of the child and intends to determine whether or not this displacement can be determined as trafficking under international law.
The purpose of this report is to review the current conditions of the global social workforce. This study is meant to identify critical gaps in order prioritize current workforce strengthening research.
This paper discusses a large evaluation study that attempts to describe the impacts of the alcohol control laws enacted in various indigenous communities. Participants were interviewed and asked to give their thoughts on how the laws have affected them medically, economically and socially.
Establishing the context of this study of adoptive parenthood and open adoption, MacDonald describes the legal, policy, and social frameworks that shape the experience of adoptive parenthood. The role of adoption in child welfare policy is identified, specifically in the UK and USA where it provides permanence for significant numbers of children in State care.
This research examined psychological and background correlates of bullying in adolescent residential care. Young people aged 11–21 (N = 601) from 22 residential institutions in Croatia completed an anonymous self-reported bullying questionnaire, the Basic Empathy Scale, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and the Big Five Personality Inventory.
This study was aimed to identify adjustment problems of adolescents residing in an orphanage in Kerala, India, as well as to find out the association between adjustment problems of adolescents residing at orphanage with their socio-demographic variables.
