Connecting the Dots: A Child Protection Model from Malawi
This video documents how a child protection model from Malawi works as part of the Integrated (HIV Effect) Mitigation and Positive Action for Community Transformation (IMPACT) program.
The Republic of Ghana: Report to The UN Commitee on The Convention on The Righs of The Child, Supplementary Report
This document provides written replies by the Government of Ghana concerning t issues received by the Committee on the Rights of the Child relating to the consideration of the second periodic report of Ghana. This includes issues related adoption and fostering.
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African Social Services in Peril: A Study of the Department of Social Welfare in Ghana under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
Using Ghana as an illustrative case study, this article examines the ideology and intentions which underpin the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper required for approval by the IMF and World Bank to qualify for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries initiative. This article critically examines the functions assigned to governmental and non-governmental agencies within the social sector generally and the Department of Social Welfare specifically.
A Situation Analysis of Ghanaian Children and Women: A Call for Reducing Disparities and Improving Equity
This comprehensive situation analysis provides an overview of issues related to public policy, social budget, and service delivery environment affecting children and women in Ghana.
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Children and Youth Services Review Special Issue: Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood
In December 2011, the Children and Youth Services Review released a special volume (32) focused on "Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood."
Young People Leaving Care: Participatory Research to Improve Child Welfare Practices and the Rights of Children and Young People
This paper discusses participatory research with young people who are leaving public care in Finland to begin independent lives.
International Conference on Population and Development Beyond 2014 Report
This report was prepared in February 2014 pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/234, in which the Assembly called for an operational review of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
Making Sense of Leaving Care: The Contribution of Bridges Model of Transition to Understanding the Psychosocial Process
This paper is based on research into the transition of young people leaving public care in Romania.
Transition within Transition: How Young People Learn to Leave Behind Institutional Care whilst their Carers are Stuck in Neutral
This paper discusses findings from a qualitative longitudinal study which explored the process of leaving long-stay institutional state care in Romania during 2002–4, a period at the heart of accelerated EU-enforced childcare reform.
Dealing with the Past in the Transition from Care: A Post-Structural Analysis of Young People’s Accounts
The aim of this article is two-fold. Firstly, to present a critical discursive analysis of young people's accounts of themselves in the transition from care. Secondly, to shed light on three different ways of making the transition from care; transition through a break with the past after moving out, transition through continuing change and transition as a way of dealing with the risk of further problems in their lives.