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Se ha desarrollado la presente herramienta de indicadores a fines de poder contar con un instrumento de medición y evaluación del nivel de progreso alcanzado en cada país respecto de los sistemas nacionales de protección de la niñez. El motivo de dicha medición es de evaluar si se cumplen las pautas mínimas y elementos esenciales tanto para la protección integral como para la prevención y respuesta a la violencia, el abuso y la explotación.
Este nuevo relevamiento muestra y analiza datos actualizados relativos a la cantidad de niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNyA) sin cuidados parentales en la República Argentina, los lugares de cuidado donde están alojados, las condiciones en las que viven, el organismo que decidió que fueran separados o separadas de su mamá, papá o familia ampliada, los motivos de esta separación, los tiempos de permanencia en las instituciones, los motivos de ingreso y egreso.
El objetivo del estudio es presentar el proceso de construcción de una herramienta para medir la institucionalización en forma rápida, a partir de información existente en los países y mostrar los principales datos que se obtuvieron. Esta herramienta, desarrollada por la RELAF, monitorea la situación de institucionalización y desinstitucionalización de niños menores de 18 años en distintos países de América Latina y el Caribe. Forma parte de la estrategia de trabajo que viene realizando la RELAF, con el apoyo de UNICEF, para la construcción de una línea de base y un sistema de monitoreo de la…
This paper is based on "The Latin American Report. The situation of children in Latin America without parental care or at risk of losing it. Contexts, causes and responses," which was prepared using reports from 13 countries in the region. These reports were compiled by SOS Children's Villages, in the countries where the organisation has offices, in order to establish the circumstances of children without parental care or in vulnerable situations. It should be noted that there was limited…
EveryChild is an international development charity working in 17 countries with a strategic focus on children without parental care. This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights. It also provides principles for good practice in trying to reduce the number of children without parental…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by Guyana in 1991) clearly states that the institution will act as the last resort of care for vulnerable children when all other options have been exhausted. However, finding and strengthening alternatives to institutional care, such as adequate community-based care or formalised foster care have not yet been given sufficient attention and there is presently a lack of such alternatives in Guyana. Once a child is orphaned or without caregivers, it is up to the State to take responsibility for the child by ensuring the most adequate…
Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, reducing child mortality and achieving all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to health and education are largely dependent on progress in nutrition. If undernutrition is not successfully addressed, it will be difficult to reach the other MDGs. Every year, it is estimated that undernutrition contributes to the deaths of about 5.6 million children under the age of fi ve. One out of every four children under five – or 146 million children in the developing world – is underweight for his or her age, and at increased risk of an early death.…
This study analyzes the role of local governance in the implementation of Bolsa Escola, a decentralized conditional cash transfer program for child education in Brazil. It is based on a survey of 260 municipalities in four states of the Northeast. The analysis focuses on program implementation. Results show that there was considerable confusion over the municipality’s role in beneficiary selection and consequently much heterogeneity in implementation across municipalities. Social Control Councils as direct accountability mechanisms were often not in place and poorly informed, weakening their…
A study conducted by the IPEA (Research institute of Applied Economy) in partnership with the National Council of the Rights of the Child and Adolescent (CONANDA), in 2004, brings together the results of a national inquiry into homes for children and teenagers of the network SAC (Services of Continued Action). The report is part of the national field of action and comprises of 589 institutions that are attended by 19,370 children and adolescents. It is estimated that the total corresponds to approximately 40% of the number of institutionalised children and adolescents in the country, which…
This study was carried out in order to investigate the institutions in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro that are attended by children and adolescents under age 12. The data was collected during the period from March to June 2003. The scope of inquiry included 69 homes that care for children and adolescents from 0 to 11 years of age. In the homes studied, there proved to be a total of 1,983 children and adolescents. The study investigated reasons for being taken into care, length of care, condition of the family relationship (for children in care), religious…