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Domestic violence is a problem that significantly impacts children making them one of the vulnerable groups affected by this issue. In Nigeria there is growing concern regarding the welfare of children, in relation to violence. This emphasises the role played by Child Protection Services and Law Enforcement Agencies in safeguarding these children [1]. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how effective Child Protection Services and Law Enforcement Agencies are in addressing violence and its impact on children's welfare. It examines existing approaches and models while suggesting ways to…
This is a poster for Child Protection teams to emphasize the evidence based practices of engaging volunteers that were documented in the research.
Additional Resources:
- Exploratory Study Report | Community Engagement in Case Management: The full research report with the findings and recommendations for child protection actors in humanitarian settings. (Only available in …
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Community volunteers are an integral part of preventing and responding to cases of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children in humanitarian settings. They have a deep understanding of their communities, and help to identify children who are at-risk, have experienced harm, or have been separated from their family. However, Child Protection actors often know very little about the experiences of volunteers and particularly the realities of being a volunteer involved in case management.1 Many Child Protection practitioners acknowledge that there is a reliance on the…
This brochure from UNICEF provides an overview of child marriage in the Sahel, a region spanning the northern portion of sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this publication is to offer a descriptive analysis of the practice of child marriage in the Sahel, covering: the proportion and number of girls and women affected; disparities in risk across different populations; a selection of key outcome measures for women who married in childhood; an evaluation of historical trends in prevalence; and projections through 2030. It relies on nationally representative survey data, namely from the…
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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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Article 3 of the United Nations on the Rights and Welfare of Children provides that in all matters concerning children, the consideration of the best interest of the child must be primary. Placement of children must therefore be child-centred. The increasing use of child adoption as a management strategy for infertility results into creating a wide gap between the demand for child adoption and the available adoptable children. This raises a concern over the management of adoption request, particularly in ensuring the best interest of the child…
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This article presents the results of a systematic mapping of social work training programs in countries throughout West Africa, a region historically under‐represented in global discussions of the social welfare workforce. The research illuminates how social workers and related professionals are trained to engage in social work practice in a number of West African countries. The research was conducted in two phases. In the initial phase, the research team collected documents from 12 West African countries and conducted phone interviews with relevant individuals. The second phase…
The First International Conference of the Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with the theme “Emerging and Contemporary Social Issues: The place of Social Work Education and Practice in Nigeria” was held 10-13 September 2018 and included 96 oral presentations of papers by delegates from across the country. Several papers focused on illegal adoptions of children in Nigeria and the role of social workers in addressing this practice. Papers related to illegal adoptions in Nigeria include the following:
- Social Work Intervention against Illegal Child…
Le 1er avril 2017, Terre des Hommes (TdH), ENDA et le Mouvement Africain des Enfants et Jeunes Travailleurs (MAEJT) ont lancé le Projet pour la Protection des Enfants Migrants le long du Corridor Abidjan-Lagos (CORAL), soit dans les cinq pays suivants : Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Bénin et Nigeria. L'objectif principal du projet CORAL est de renforcer les services de protection de l'enfance pour les enfants migrants et les enfants concernés par la migration, en améliorant l'accès à ces services, en renforçant les services existants, en créant de nouveaux services et en aidant à l'intégration…
On April 1st 2017, Terre des hommes (Tdh), ENDA and the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY) began the Project for the Protection of Migrant children along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor (CORAL) in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. CORAL’s core purpose is to strengthen child protection services for migrant children and children affected by migration, including increasing access to those services, reinforcing existing services, creating new ones, and stimulating synergies between the formal and the informal actors. The present document constitutes the baseline report…