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Even though the Cross-Government review and action plan were approved by the Supreme Court of Justice and the National Council for Children early 2020, due to the pandemic and national sanitary emergency declared in Paraguay (affecting the protection system severely), the government was not able to implement the evidence-based cross-agency plan to optimize the system, with the immediate, short and long term measures as a solution to root problems identified.
However, in spite of not achieving the estimated funding for the cross-agency plan of 2019, significant …
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El 4 al 6 de julio de 2023 se realizó el Foro de Diagnóstico y Diálogo Interinstitucional “Juntos por la Armonía del Sistema en favor de niños, niñas y adolescentes (NNA)” como actualización del análisis nacional del sistema y de los procesos institucionales de protección de NNA separados de sus familias o en riesgo de serlo en Paraguay, reuniendo a los actores claves del sistema en 3 jornadas intensivas de trabajo a fin de proporcionar al Estado una hoja de ruta con soluciones y mejoras eficientes y alcanzables, que busquen optimizar el sistema de protección…
Presentation of Results - Cross-Government Review of the Child Protection and Care System
On July 4 to 6, 2023, the Interagency Forum of Diagnosis and Dialogue “Together for the Harmony of the System in favor of children and adolescents” was held as an update of the Cross-government Review of the system and processes for the protection of children separated from their families or at risk of being so in Paraguay, bringing together the key actors of the system in 3 intensive work days to provide the State a roadmap with efficient and achievable solutions and improvements,…
This document serves as a guiding framework for those involved in the development of comprehensive national Care Systems as a pillar of social protection in Latin American and the Caribbean. The authors believe that these systems should be designed from a human rights perspective, with particular emphasis on mainstreaming the gender perspective to achieve care models co-responsible between the State, the market, the community, and families, and between men and women.
Why is it so important to consider mental health and emotional well-being in child care and child protection? How can we address mental health needs in a non-clinical environment? What are some of the tried and tested approaches to supporting the mental health of vulnerable children? In this webinar three members from the Family for Every Child alliance present how they support the mental health of vulnerable children they work with in their different contexts, sharing their programmes and methodologies and responding to questions from audience members.
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El estudio llevó a cabo un ejercicio de recopilar prácticas prometedoras de reforma de cuidado infantil por parte de diversos actores clave en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. La iniciativa Changing the Way We Care conceptualiza la reforma integral del cuidado infantil como la suma de tres componentes esenciales, (i) fortalecimiento familiar y prevención de la separación innecesaria de su entorno familiar, (ii) procesos de desinstitucionalización y (iii) fortalecimiento del cuidado familiar alternativo.. El …
This study presents a detailed overview of promising practices in child care reform by different implementers and stakeholders in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Changing the Way We Care puts forth its view of comprehensive care reform as consisting of three essential components: (i) strengthening the family and preventing the unnecessary separation of the child from his or her family environment, (ii) deinstitutionalization processes; and (iii) strengthening alternative family care. The study was developed through a comprehensive desk review as well as virtual and written…
The Finding the Way Home documentary highlights the painful realities of the eight million children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world. The film draws on intimate access to families from Brazil, Bulgaria, Haiti, Nepal, India and Moldova to tell six stories of children who have found their way into the care of loving families after spending periods of their lives in an institution. The documentary was made with the support of ACER (Brazil), Catalysts for Social Action (CSA, India), Next Generation Nepal, Lumos and others who helped identify and support some…
Este informe de RELAF resume las presentaciones y discusiones del Seminario Internacional 2019 de RELAF. Para lograr esta presentación, las ponencias fueron agrupadas por ejes, y de ellas se seleccionaron las ideas principales, avances, desafíos y datos de interés. Así, cada eje constituye un capítulo, donde además se incluyen links a cada presentación de la temática a la que se hace referencia.
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This report from RELAF summarizes the presentations and discussions from RELAF's 2019 International Seminar, "For the right to family and community life. Putting an end to the confinement of children deprived of parental care." In order to put this document together, all presentations have been grouped by theme, with their main ideas, breakthroughs, challenges and data reproduced here. This way, each theme represents a different chapter, and each chapter includes hyperlinks to every presentation mentioned. This document is intended for those who want to better understand the work and…