Child and Family Welfare Policy: Ghana
The Government of Ghana has established a relatively comprehensive legal framework for child protection, guided by the Constitution and the Children’s Act 1998 (Act 560).
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Re-Thinking and Reconceptualizing Child Care Institutionalisation in South Africa: Effects and Impacts on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs)
The present study, through an extensive review of literature has explored and reconceptualised institutional care and considered the dynamics of institutionalization. The study also examines the effects and impacts of institutionalization on OVCs in South Africa, such as educational attainment, socialization and psychosocial impacts.
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Beyond CPS: Developing an Effective System for Helping Children in “Neglectful” Families
In this article, the author addresses the topic of child neglect, or allegations thereof, as it relates to children and families in the Child Welfare System in the United States.
Workshop Report: Training Workshops on Mental Health Interventions for Better Care and Management of Institutionalized Children and Young Adults
The report from the two-day Training Workshops on “Mental Health and Interventions for Better Care and Management of Institutionalized Children and Young Adults” is now available.
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No Way Home: The Exploitation and Abuse of Children in Ukraine’s Orphanages
This report is a product of a three-year investigation by Disability Rights International (DRI) into the abuses experienced by children - both with and without disabilities - in large-scale institutions, psychiatric facilities, and boarding schools in Ukraine, of whom there are nearly 100,000, according to the report.
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Prevent and Protect: Linking the HIV and Child Protection Responses to Keep Children Safe, Happy, and Resilient
This report from UNICEF and World Vision International documents country level approaches that respond to HIV and child protection challenges facing children and adolescents by linking both those responses.
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Guidelines for the Alternative Family Care of Children in Kenya
The initial goal of the development of these guidelines was to seek to regulate Guardianship and Foster Care of children in Kenya.
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Growth and Development among Children Living In Orphanages of Odisha, an Eastern Indian State
This study was aimed at assessing growth and developmental outcomes of children living in orphanages in Odisha, India aged birth to 72 months and to make recommendations for “possible remedial measures” for addressing poor growth and developmental outcomes for children in institutions.
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Refugee Children in Sweden: An Outlook on Demography, Education and Employment
This report provides a general background to the demographic makeup of the population of unaccompanied minors who have migrated to Sweden, including an examination of their educational and employment characteristics.
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Unaccompanied Child Migration to the United States: The Tension between Protection and Prevention
This report examines the policy challenge in the United States of balancing protection and immigration enforcement in the recent unaccompanied child migration “crisis” in the US.
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