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Introduction and Background
As of end June 2022, there were 184,080 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia including 47,200 children. The Klang Valley (comprising Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya) hosts the highest number of ‘persons of concern’ to UNHCR (100,194 persons), followed by Penang (19,737 persons), Johor (16,045 persons), and Kedah (13,535 persons).
While Malaysia has a history of providing temporary asylum on humanitarian grounds to groups of asylum-seekers and refugees, the nation has…
COVID-19 triggered unprecedented disruption on a world-wide scale. Governments enforced far-ranging public health measures, including stay at home orders, curfews, and travel restrictions. These measures have had direct and indirect impacts on residential care providers and their supporters. To better understand the range of impacts of COVID-19 on the operations of residential care institutions including funding, staffing, volunteering, children’s care, education, family connection and reintegration, BCN and Griffith University with support from World Childhood Foundation, ACCIR and ERIK’s…
In this video, One Sky Foundation share some of their work in Thailand supporting children from disadvantaged families to stay in education. Many children and their families face tough choices with children often moving into private children's homes in order to have an education, despite having a family. One Sky works to prevent this separation by supporting families to keep their children in school by providing travel and lunch costs, uniforms, school equipment and fees, and more.
ABSTRACT
Language is vital in expressing concern as it allows one to explain their feelings, ideas and behaviour. Teachers and caregivers are concerned about the poor academic performance of foster children as these children have low grades on tests and high dropout rates. Those with poor academic performance might be vulnerable to secure a better life when they leave home. Nevertheless, studies on concern in regards to Malaysian foster children’s academic issues from a language perspective are scarce. Hence, this qualitative study uses speech act categories and stages of concern to…
This research study was commissioned to generate a better understanding of three school communities in Cambodia: Islamic schools, Buddhist monastic schools, and floating schools with a focus on identifying challenges in delivering quality and inclusive education.
There has been significant progress in Cambodia’s education system. Student enrolment in the public-school system has increased rapidly across all education levels. In recent years, primary education enrolments have reached near gender parity. These improvements are in large part a result of strong commitment from the Royal…
This research study was commissioned to generate a better understanding of three school communities in Cambodia: Islamic schools, Buddhist monastic schools, and floating schools with a focus on identifying challenges in delivering quality and inclusive education.
There has been significant progress in Cambodia’s education system. Student enrolment in the public-school system has increased rapidly across all education levels. In recent years, primary education enrolments have reached near gender parity. These improvements are in large part a result of strong commitment from the Royal…
The study, “Child Protection and Education Needs for the Children and Adolescents of Phnom Penh’s Urban Poor Communities,” examines child protection risks faced by preschool age children (3-5 years old) and adolescents (10-14 years old) and determines the interconnectivity between such risks and education. It also seeks to identify bottlenecks and enabling factors that facilitate or constrain their access to quality education. Existing services or gaps in services related to child protection and education needs as well as capacity of the government and CSOs in providing…
The study, “Child Protection and Education Needs for the Children and Adolescents of Phnom Penh’s Urban Poor Communities,” examines child protection risks faced by preschool age children (3-5 years old) and adolescents (10-14 years old) and determines the interconnectivity between such risks and education. It also seeks to identify bottlenecks and enabling factors that facilitate or constrain their access to quality education. Existing services or gaps in services related to child protection and education needs as well as capacity of the government and CSOs in providing…
The world is facing a hidden crisis in childcare. That crisis is leaving millions of children without the support they need, with damaging consequences for their future. It is also having severe impacts on three generations of women – on mothers, grandmothers and daughters.
There is an urgent need to solve the global care crisis to improve the lives of both women and children and to grow economies. There are 671 million children under five in the world today. Given labour force participation rates that exceed 60% globally, a large number of these children…
A 2011 UNICEF report revealed that amongst the 12,000 children in Cambodia’s orphanages, almost three quarters of them have one living parent. The number of children in care has more than doubled in five years despite the National Policy on Alternative Care for Children adopted by the Kingdom of Cambodia in 2006 which “aims to ensure that children grow up in a family and in a community environment that promotes the principle that institutional care should be a last resort and a temporary solution for children”.
In Cambodia’s northwest province of Battambang, the number of orphanages…