This paper explores the factors surrounding the lives of children that live on the streets or in institutions in Egypt.

An overview of the basic principles of child welfare that social workers should follow in order to prevent family separation and promote quality care for children.

The Children Act, Chapter 59 took effect in Uganda on 1 August, 1997.

This chapter provides an overview of a child care institution, the Osu Children’s Home, in Ghana.

This report from Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission aimed to trace the past laws, practices and policies which resulted in the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families by compulsion, duress or undue influence, and the effects of those laws, practices and policies.

Ideas and country examples on how to create or transform an educational centre for children living and working on the street.

In order to investigate orphans' situation and development in Iraqi Kurdistan, samples from the two available orphan care systems, the traditional foster care and the modem orphanages, are examined at an index test and at 1-year follow-u

This report is a follow up to HRW/Asia's publication of "Death By Default" on January 7, 1996, which found that most orphaned or abandoned children in China die within one year of their admittance to state-run orphanages and that the government does little or nothing to prevent this loss of life—despite the modest economic cost of so doing. 

The chapters featured in this report offer a prognosis on the future of street children and offers recommendations to government and non-governmental bodies on how to help these children.

The sections featured in this report provide case studies of 25 street girls and discussion and conclusions based on these case studies.