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The long-term consequences of COVID-19 have been tough for children around the world, but even more so for young children already in humanitarian crises, whether due to conflict, natural disasters, or economic and political upheaval. Young Children in Humanitarian and COVID-19 Crises: (2024), edited by Sweta Shah and Lucy Bassett, investigates how organizations around the world responded to these dual challenges, identifying solutions and learning opportunities to help to support young children in ongoing and future crises. Drawing on research and voices from the Global South…
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…
यस अध्ययनले सातवटा केन्द्रित देशहरूमा २१ अर्ध-संरचित अन्तर्वार्ताहरू समावेश गरी गुणस्तरीय अनुसन्धान अध्ययन सञ्चालन गरेर निजी रूपमा सञ्चालित र वित्त पोषित आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाहरूको सानो संख्यामा COVID-19 को प्रभावको अन्वेषण गर्दछ। अन्तर्वार्ताका सहभागीहरूले आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाका संस्थापक, कोषकर्ता र निर्देशकहरू सामेल छन् र कोष, बालबालिकाको हेरचाह, कर्मचारी, स्वयंसेवकहरूको उपस्थिति, जनताको प्रभाव लगायत निजी रूपमा सञ्चालित आवासीय हेरचाह संस्थाहरूको सञ्चालनका धेरै पक्षहरूमा COVID-19 को प्रभाव प्रकट गर्दछ। स्वास्थ्य उपाय र निर्देशनहरू, बालबालिकाको पुन: एकीकरण र भविष्यका लागि योजनाहरू। यस अध्ययनका…
This review was conducted in different forms of institutional care: private residential care, (charity) boarding schools, and temple as well as (informal) kinship care. The findings and recommendations were presented to the Thailand Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office and the Department of Children and Youth to further develop an alternative care road map and plan of action.
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These presentations from UNICEF and Alternative Care Thailand were delivered during the July 9, 2021, workshop of the Care Measurement Task Force of the Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform. The focus of the workshop was on care measurement initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa and Thailand.
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…
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ជំងឺកូវីដ១៩ បានបង្កការរំខានដែលមិនធ្លាប់មានពីមុនមក នៅទូទាំងពិភពលោក។ រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានអនុវត្តវិធានការសុខភាពសាធារណៈយ៉ាងទូលំទូលាយ រួមមាន ការបញ្ជាឲ្យស្នាក់នៅផ្ទះ បម្រាមគោចរ និងការរឹតត្បិតលើការធ្វើដំណើរ។ វិធានការទាំងនេះមានផលប៉ះពាល់ដោយផ្ទាល់ និងដោយប្រយោលលើការថែទាំកុមារនៅក្នុងមណ្ឌល និងបានបង្ខំឲ្យមណ្ឌលថែទាំកុមារ (RCIs) ត្រូវប្រឈមមុខនឹងបញ្ហានិរន្តរភាព និងប្រសិទ្ធភាពនៃគំរូការថែទាំនៅតាមមណ្ឌល។
ការសិក្សានេះ គឺជាការស្រាវជ្រាវតាមបែបគុណភាពខ្នាតតូច ដែលបានរួមបញ្ចូលកិច្ចសម្ភាសបែបពាក់កណ្តាលរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធចំនួន ២១ ជាមួយស្ថាបនិក អ្នកផ្តល់មូលនិធិ និងនាយកមណ្ឌលថែទាំកុមារនៅ ៧ ប្រទេស។…
The WHO South-East Asia Regional Office in collaboration with UNICEF organized a 3-day virtual meeting from 27 to 29 April, 2021. The meeting brought together over 100 participants from WHO-SEAR countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka , Thailand and Timor-Leste) and two countries from UNICEF-ROSA (Afghanistan Pakistan). Participants included government delegates from relevant ministries (health, nutrition, education, child protection, women and child affairs), WHO and UNICEF staff and partners.
On Day 1, participants reflected on progress to date…
Globally, during the COVID-19 pandemic there have been disruptions to initiatives, services, and programmes that promote and protect nurturing care for young children. While necessary to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, strategies such as complete or partial lockdown, physical distancing measures, and school and childcare closures, have made it increasingly difficult to reach children and caregivers. At the same time, the social and economic ramifications of the pandemic have put families in even greater need of parenting and family support. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many…
This study explores the effect of COVID-19 on a small number of privately run and funded residential care institutions by conducting a qualitative research study comprising 21 semi-structured interviews across seven focus countries. The interview participants include founders, funders and directors of residential care institutions and reveal the impact of COVID-19 on many aspects of the operations of privately run residential care institutions including funding, care for children, staffing, the presence of volunteers, impacts of public health measures and directives, reintegration of children…