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This research brief summarizes what is already known about child marriage and early unions (CMEUs) in the Caribbean, complemented by the findings of research commissioned by UNICEF in the framework of the Spotlight Initiative Caribbean Regional Programme and conducted in six Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Transitioning into adulthood can be difficult for many young people but transitioning from residential care comes with challenges to those who have grown up away from parents and family. This paper presents the voices of young women in Trinidad and Tobago and the challenges they faced transitioning from residential care. Their voices highlight the need to think in more gendered terms when contemplating effective strategies for facilitating transitions from out of home care.
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Although there is some literature in relation to grandmothers who care for their children full time, there is little that has been written specifically about grandmothers caring for children when the children’s parents are in prison. It was for this reason that this small pilot project was conducted to start to understand and compare the situation of grandmothers caring for children in a diverse range of countries when their parents are in prison. The aim was to begin to draw out the commonalities and differences and to understand what policymakers need to take into account when…
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has completed its draft National Child Policy, according to this article from Newsday. The policy will serve as an "umbrella policy" which will consist of several "sub-policies," including the Child Protection Policy, a National Strategic Framework for Child Protection, the Children in Alternative Care Policy, the Nursery Policy, Early Childhood Development policy, Framework for Care and Protection of Children with Disabilities and Vacation Camp Manual and Guidelines. The article also describes the work of Minister in the Office of the Prime…
According to this article from Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, the Children Authority in Tobago plans to regularize foster care and promote kinship care in the country. “For those people who are in foster relationships, we want to regularise it," said Chairman Hanif Benjamin. "A lot of persons have a niece, a nephew; so, we are saying to people, come forward and we will help you to regularise the situation so that we can offer you the assistance you need to ensure that the child thrives." He added "we want to encourage those family members who have the ability to step forward…
A multitude of complaints against Trinidad's Children's Authority spurs investigation.
The foster care system in Trinidad and Tobago may soon see a significant change, according to this article from the Guardian of Trinidad and Tobago. The Children’s Authority, an organization that oversees child welfare in Trinidad and Tobago hopes that the “Child Act” legislation will be passed by parliament at the end of February, thus installing a more well thought-out and effective foster care system than the one currently in place. The current system started as a pilot program 20 years ago and has never been fully commissioned, says the article. The new foster care system promises several…