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This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2022 annual report and shares learning from Kenya, Guatemala and Moldova. It is intended to help other practitioners understand how to bring meaningful participation of people with lived experience into care reform. By people with lived experience CTWWC considers children and youth, care leavers, parents and other care givers who are experiencing the care system in their context.
Changing The Way We CareSM (CTWWC) is a global initiative designed to promote safe, nurturing family care for children. This includes reforming…
Learning briefs are short resources that share more about how Changing the Way We Care undertakes a certain aspect of the care reform work and what some of the main lessons are. This learning brief was developed as part of the initiative's 2022 annual report and shares learning on family-based alternative care from Guatemala, Moldova, India and Kenya and links the reader to additional CTWWC resources on the topic.
Changing The Way We CareSM (CTWWC) is a global initiative designed to promote safe, nurturing family care for children. This includes reforming national…
The National Adoption System and Child Protection in Guatemala: Looking Back and Examining the Today
This article discusses the evolution of adoption policy and practices in Guatemala from the 1990s to 2021. The authors synthesized their own research and analyzed adoption scholarship and reports and organized that history into three distinct periods:
(1) conflict years (1966–1996) when mostly Guatemalan military families and associates adopted stolen children,
(2) post-conflict and millennium adoption years (1997-2007) when the commercialization of children and illicit adoptions surged, and
(3) reform years (2008 to date) when new adoption regulations and institutions were…
This child-led research initiative was conducted under the umbrella of World Vision’s DEAR project (Development Education and Awareness Raising) and the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The authors worked together to raise children’s voices to the highest levels possible in order to have an impact on decisions and processes that affect them, especially the work around the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. These child researchers were invited to choose one of the issues covered by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each country team discussed these issues, and they decided to…
PRESENTACIÓN
La adopción ha existido a lo largo de la historia, ha cambiado en sus formalidades y en su finalidad, adaptándose a los derechos de la niñez; en Grecia los padres abandonaban al bebé dentro de una vasija para que otra persona lo tomara y se hiciera cargo de él; en la antigua Roma la adopción era considerada un privilegio que tenía por objeto principal preservar la vida.
La adopción tiene sus raíces muy remotas. Para el caso de Guatemala, esta se realiza mediante procedimientos ágiles y técnicos en los que se prioriza el interés superior del niño, niña y adolescente -NNA-…
Introducción
La narración digital para la transformación (NDT) es un proceso audiovisual participativo y creativo que ayuda a las personas a contar una historia personal a través de un proceso colectivo. Utiliza tecnología digital para comunicar y amplificar esta historia. Una historia digital es una breve secuencia de dos o tres minutos compuesta por imágenes estáticas que se preparan y se cuentan conscientemente como narración en primera persona, desde el corazón. Las herramientas y los métodos aplicados al proceso de NDT han evolucionado en los últimos diez años, como una forma de…
This report explores what family means to children and adults in five countries using the digital storytelling technique. Digital storytelling uses storytelling methods to gain deep insights into feelings and experiences. Participants create individual stories about aspects of their own lives using still images and sound. Stories range from the impacts on children of family separation, multiple care moves, grief and not being heard; to the importance of meeting children’s needs, strengthening families, and supporting children’s resilience and tenacity. The stories highlight the…
Resumen
La importancia de que los niños estén bien cuidados en las familias es ampliamente reconocida en las políticas y orientaciones globales. Existen numerosas investigaciones que demuestran claramente la importancia de una familia segura y atenta para el bienestar y el desarrollo del niño. Pese a que hay un consenso sobre la importancia del cuidado efectivo en las familias para los niños, existe una falta de discusión y acuerdo sobre los componentes precisos de este cuidado. En particular, se necesita un análisis adicional para determinar qué elementos del cuidado efectivo son…
Summary
The importance of children being well cared for in families is widely recognised in global policies and guidance. There is extensive research demonstrating clearly the importance of a safe and caring family for child wellbeing and development. While there is consensus on the importance of effective care in families for children, there is a lack of discussion and agreement about the precise components of this care. In particular, further exploration is needed to determine which elements of effective care are universal and which are culturally or contextually specific, and to explore…
Abstract
Evidence of child abduction for intercountry adoption challenges our notions of altruism. The history of illicit adoptions and child abduction is presented with specific emphasis on Guatemala as a case example. Drawing on data produced in an ethnographic research, the analysis searches to elucidate how those involved in intercountry adoption in Spain (mainly adoptive and prospective adoptive parents) deal with signs of fraud and corruption. The results point out how these discourses usually dismiss the failures of the system and revolve around the idea of rescue. The rights of…