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The papers presented here bring together research and reflections on children’s issues in
Botswana. To complement the analytical papers, the book also highlights a compendium of the most current data available on a wide range of indicators of child wellbeing, drawing mostly from recent household surveys conducted by the Central Statistics Office.
Most particular to alternative care are the child protection related articles, including:
- Seen but not heard: a call for orphans’ voices to be heard in Botswana.
- The urban orphan in Botswana: discarding the homogeneity…
Achieving an AIDS-free generation is possible if the international community steps up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and social protection, according to Children and AIDS: Fifth Stocktaking Report 2010. Attaining this goal, however, depends on reaching the most marginalized members of society.
While children in general have benefited enormously from the substantial progress made in the AIDS responses, there are millions of women and children who have fallen through the cracks due to inequities rooted in gender, economic status, geographical…
According to Jamaica’s Child Care and Protection Act of 2004, the family is the preferred environment for the care and upbringing of children. However, at the end of December 2007, there were 2,442 children in institutional care in Jamaica, over double the amount that were in foster care. In an effort to examine the system of care, the Office of the Children’s Advocate undertook research into the Foster Care Programme in Jamaica. The study, which was carried out by the UWI’s Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, aimed to determine the effectiveness and the…
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare of Namibia, mandated with ensuring efficient child welfare services and promotion of children’s well-being and rights, recently underwent the process of drafting the Child Care and Protection Bill. The process of legislative review and reform to develop the proposed bill was a remarkable and unique example of democracy and public participation – including children – in law-making.
By utilizing a rights-based approach, the drafting process of the Child Care Protection Bill has taken into account the reality behind enacting and…
This report prepared for the Namibian Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) assesses the existing framework for foster care in the light of the realities of Namibian foster care in practice. Based on information about foster care frameworks and guardianship legislation in other countries, recommendations are provided for new approaches to foster care and foster care grants which could be incorporated into Namibia’s forthcoming Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA).
The assessment of the existing framework for foster care in Namibia is carried out in close…
This report, published by Save the Children Australia, analyzes the situation of the parenting support services for Indigenous communities in the Dampier Peninsula of Australia. The paper provides some background information on the Dampier Peninsula and its inhabitants, who are predominantly Aboriginal people belonging to three major settlements and more than 50 family-based outstations. The paper also includes a literature review on the factors affecting optimal Aboriginal family functioning, an analysis of local survey data, the scope of existing programs and their limitations, and a…
In the United States, it is often thought that child poverty is an intractable problem. Clearly, the causes of child poverty are complex and multi-faceted, and there is no magic bullet that would eliminate poverty or its adverse effects. But there is evidence that policies that raise family incomes can lead to improved child and family well-being. There is also evidence that home visiting, early childhood, nutrition, and other social programs, particularly if they are high-quality, can lead to improved outcomes for poor children.
This paper describes recent efforts to reduce child poverty…
This report provides baseline information on conditions in orphanages in the Russian Federation. This information addresses three major limitations in the literature on the development of children residing in substandard orphanages and those adopted from such environments. First, although there is an assumption that early exposure to substandard orphanages is associated with a variety of developmental delays during and after residency, there are essentially no comprehensive, empirical descriptions of what these early environments are like. This paper provides such information on the orphanage…
This report examines the impacts of HIV on the care choices of children, exploring how HIV affects whether or not children can remain within parental care, and on the alternative care options open to them. It is based on qualitative research in Malawi, India and Ukraine, and on a global literature review. It is in response to alarming global evidence on the rising numbers of children outside of parental care, and growing global recognition that responses to HIV should centre on increased support to families as the best means of providing care and protection for children
The research…
In this recent opinion-editorial, Ucembe recounts the deeply personal experience of being raised in a Kenyan children’s home and his reflections on the harmful impacts of institutional care on children’s development and psychosocial wellbeing.