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This paper examines the nature and benefits of foster care and identifies some of the key challenges associated with this form of care in Eastern and Southern Africa. It outlines the elements of an enabling environment needed for successful large-scale foster care programmes, including legislation, guidance, changes to social norms, coordination mechanisms, and a strong social service workforce.
The paper also provides lessons learnt from the region on how to support each stage of the foster care process.
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Family constitutes more than simple living arrangements, and these systems are of pivotal development importance in sub-Saharan Africa. The diversity of family structures and types in sub-Saharan Africa has warranted an examination of the various policies and laws in the region. This paper examines all policy and laws related to families in the South, West, East and Central regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The paper highlights the sundry of policies and laws that are influenced by cultural and religious differences within and across regions. Issues relating to patriarchy and…
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Globalization of knowledge and scholarship raises the challenges of dialogue between Global North and South. Northern knowledge and voice remain privileged, while writing from the South often goes unread. This is true also in emerging adulthood and care-leaving scholarship. The special issue of Emerging Adulthood titled “Care-Leaving in Africa” is the first collection of essays on care-leaving by African scholars. It presents both care-leaving and emerging adulthood scholars from the Global North a unique opportunity to consider the implications of a rising…
This video series from UNICEF shares the stories of young girls living through COVID-19 – coping with the fears of child marriage, the struggles of distance learning, and the burden of isolation. Armed only with mobile phones, 16 girls from nine countries film their hardships, fears and hopes for a fair world.
While there is a good amount of trafficking research that focuses on Africa, much of the research has greatly neglected child trafficking and its traits within the borders of a particular country. The goal of this article is to take stock of the child trafficking situation within Madagascar’s borders. This article examines the impact of supply-and-demand factors on child trafficking in Madagascar and discusses the approaches that should be used in the implementation of anti-trafficking policies.
The article begins with the discussion of Palermo Protocol and the difficulties of gauging…
A Madagascar, les ménages nucléaires représentent le modèle dominant au détriment des ménages élargis.Néanmoins, les structures familiales et leurs évolutions restent mal connues et, dans un contexte dedéstructuration familiale (divorce, décès), la question de la prise en charge des enfants reste majeure. Les données des Enquêtes Démographiques et de Santé menées en 2003 et en 2008 permettent d’établir une typologie du noyau principal et du(des) noyau(x)secondaire(s) des ménages. Il est ainsi possible d’analyser le type de résidence des enfants et par là les réponses intrafamiliales pour la…
La question de l’abandon d’enfant est une question majeure et récurrente dans le monde. Elle est souvent abordée à travers les enfants des rues pour lesquelles les études sont nombreuses, les enfants soldats, la démographie historique en Europe. Nous l’abordons ici à travers la question du placement d’enfants en institution, qui constitue une réponse particulière à l’abandon d’enfant et nous interrogeons les dynamiques en œuvre. Face à la multiplication des intervenants et au manque de suivi et de coordination, la question est, aujourd’hui, de mieux comprendre les activités des intervenants,…
A Madagascar, l’amélioration des conditions de vie de l’enfant et l’éducation ont fait l’objet d’importantes réformes de politiques publiques. Mais la situation de l’enfant demeure fragile. SOS Villages d’Enfants a choisi de realiser une étude sur le village SOS de Vontovorona, première pierre de la présence de SOS Villages d’Enfants sur le sol malgache.
The Minimum Package is a guide to encourage the harmonizing of service delivery for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children and Youth (OVCY) across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Member States can adopt or adapt these standards and guidelines at the national level. The Minimum Package identifies the basic needs of children and youth and the services they require as well as complementing services needed to deliver basic services. It also identifies the primary and secondary sectors and actors that can respond and how their services can be delivered in a coordinated,…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The SADC region has an estimated 250 million people among the Member States. In each Member State more than 50% of the population is under the age of 18. These children need care, protection and support. Unfortunately for many, vulnerability does not end when they leave childhood. Many youth continue to be at risk. Poverty is endemic and employment scant. Many youth have limited training, are unable to find work, and potentially engage in risky coping strategies to survive. Certain groups are even more vulnerable. Young women aged 15-24 are three to four…