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Abstract
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…
This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committees' recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
Executive summary
This paper presents the findings and insights generated through the mapping and assessment of national child protection systems in five West African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Senegal and Sierra Leone. 1 The research process began in July 2009 and was completed in January 2011. The goal of the country research was to provide national actors with a profile of their existing system and an initial assessment of its contextual appropriateness and relevance to the populations being served. The need to undertake this research was prompted by the recognition that…
PREAMBULE
Ce rapport est le fruit d’une collaboration entre le ministère de la Famille, des Groupements Féminins et de la Protection de l’Enfance, le ministère de la Justice, la Cellule d’Appui à la Protection de l’Enfance, l’UNICEF, Save the Children Suède et Plan International. Ces organisations constituaient un Comité Technique qui a guidé le processus de recherche et la production de ce rapport. Une société internationale de conseils, Child Frontiers Ltd, a soutenu cette collaboration avec le développement de cet exercice de cartographie et d’analyse.
Cette cartographie et analyse…
Child fostering is a widespread practice in Africa, whereby children are sent temporarily to another household to be raised by foster parents, while links with biological parents are not severed. In Senegal, about 14% of adults were fostered in their childhood. Using data from a nationally representative household survey conducted in Senegal in 2006-2007, the survey Pauvreté et Structure Familiale, this paper examines the outcomes for adults who have been fostered in their childhood, including children fostered to Koranic schools. It focuses its analysis on education, first…
In Sub-Saharan Africa, child fostering (confiage) is a common practice whereby children are temporarily sent by their parents to live with a host family. In Senegal, nearly 10% of the children are currently fostered and 32% of the households either send or receive foster children. The widespread nature of this tradition calls for a better understanding of its motivation and its impact.
Child fostering has been viewed as a tradition with potentially negative outcomes for children. Using data from a nationally representative household survey conducted in 2006-2007, the survey …