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Family foster care is intended for the care of children and adolescents who are away from the family by judicial protective measure, emerged as an innovative reception strategy, providing individual and personalized care to children or adolescents who are victims of some form of violence.
The present study aimed to brief analyse data from the most recent SUAS census in Brazil, focusing on one of the states of the federation to verify how the referrals of children and adolescents who go through foster care are being carried out. The data showed that in certain…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently published a practical guide on how to protect family unity and reunification more effectively in human mobility and mixed movement contexts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The guide recommends a series of measures aimed at States, which focus on protecting family unity, preventing separation, and ensuring reunification in the context of human mobility, including for unaccompanied or separated children and adolescents, who require international protection or who leave their homes in search of better opportunities or family…
la Comisión Interamericana presenta la guía ¿Cómo hacer más efectiva la protección a la unidad familiar y reunificar a la familia en los procedimientos migratorios y de protección en contexto de pandemia? en la que se analizan los estándares interamericanos aplicables a la luz de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados y propone recomendaciones para garantizar la unidad familiar y la reunificación familiar así como prevenir los riesgos de separación y minimizar los impactos en los casos de separación familiar. Asimismo, la implementación de las garantías de la reunificación familiar…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued, in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a practical guide on how to protect family unity and reunification more effectively in human mobility and mixed movement contexts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This publication is part of a series of guides issued by the IACHR to address the impact of the pandemic on human rights.
It analyzes the applicable inter-American standards in light of states’ international obligations and proposes recommendations to guarantee family unity and family…
This report consolidates findings from a rapid participatory consultation with: (1) migrant girls in the Northeastern Colombia border region, (2) front-line practitioners providing services to migrant children and their families, and (3) Save the Children teams in Colombia.
This report is part of a global research series on girls on the move.
El presente estudio aborda la realidad del impacto de la migración forzosa en niños, niñas y adolescentes venezolanos. A partir de ello, se realizó una misión en Arauca para documentar el impacto de la migración en esta zona fronteriza y su relación con el conflicto armado en Colombia. Así mismo, se tomó la decisión de replicar los datos nacionales obtenidos junto a Datanálisis, los cuales fueron obtenidos debido a la relevancia que estos han tenido para permitir el monitoreo del impacto que posee la migración en los niños, niñas y adolescentes. Adicionalmente se complementa dicha información…
Introducción
El 27 de febrero de 2010 un fuerte terremoto, con una intensidad de 8,8 grados en la escala de Richter, sacudió más de 630 km del territorio de Chile, afectando a cinco regiones del país, desde La Araucanía hasta Valparaíso, en las que se concentra el 75 % de la población. Con posterioridad al sismo se originó un maremoto, en una amplia extensión del borde costero, que arrasó con muchas construcciones emplazadas a orillas del mar.
El terremoto y tsunami produjeron importantes impactos: pérdida de vidas humanas, daños estructurales, problemas de conectividad y en el…
Published jointly with UNICEF, this new BCN Working Paper focuses on the role of gatekeeping in strengthening family-based care and reforming alternative care systems. Gatekeeping refers to systematic procedures aimed at ensuring that alternative care for children is used only when necessary, and that the type of care provided is suitable to the individual child. This Working Paper reviews different approaches to gatekeeping in five countries--Brazil, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Moldova, and Rwanda--to consider what has and has not worked, to analyze lessons learned from practice, and to…
This Strategic Paper, from the Igarapé Institute, reviews emerging capabilities of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to prevent violence against children in the Global South. The paper features case studies from Benin, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda and other countries and presents key findings from the review of emerging technological trends, typologies, and threats around the world, including findings on the use of technology in family tracing related to children separated from their families during emergencies.
Family for Every Child is aimed at enabling more children to grow up safe and protected in families and to access temporary, quality alternative care when needed. This report incorporates the views and collective expertise of the 15 national organizations working directly with vulnerable children worldwide that came together to form Family for Every Child.
This report highlights the needs of children without adequate family care, the impact inadequate care has on children and society, and why family care is important. Some of the negative impacts on children, according to the report,…