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Implementing the Legal Framework for the Prosecution of Orphanage Trafficking: A Cambodia Case Study
This study was conducted as a part of a multi-stage, multi-country project designed to enhance the identification, prosecution, and prevention of orphanage trafficking crimes. It was the second of four stages to be conducted in Cambodia as one of three jurisdictions included in the study.
This second stage of the study comprised socio-legal empirical research designed to examine the in-situ application of the legal framework for prosecuting orphanage trafficking in Cambodia. Specifically, the study sought to identify how cases, where orphanage trafficking and exploitation were indicated,…
Webinar Recording: Transforming Children's Care Webinar #8 - Transitioning Residential Care Services
This webinar is the eighth in the Transforming Children's Care Webinar Series. This webinar was hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group of the Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative Platform and showcased learning around the transition of residential care services, and the recently released Transition Framework; an interactive, digital open-source…
In this video, Dy Noeut and Kim Malin of New Smile Organisation (NSO) discuss their experience of conducting family tracing as a part of reintegration efforts in the context of an unregistered orphanage where children’s files contained missing and inaccurate information. Noeut and Malin share their key learning about how to determine what information in a child’s file might be factual and non-factual, how to approach tracing where parents’ real names are unknown, what information typically provides the most reliable clues and how to engage other stakeholders to source information and pursue…
In this video, Sreyna and Chenda, two practitioners from Hagar Cambodia, discuss their learning regarding the impact of the care setting on child rehabilitation. By comparing the differences observed in the rehabilitation process for children supported in Hagar’s family-based care versus in their shelters, Sreyna and Chenda outline the rationale for Hagar’s decision to close their shelters and expand their family-based care and community rehabilitation programs. Sreyna and Chenda further discuss the difference between employing an individual versus ecological and family systems approach to…
Reintegrating children out of residential care settings back into community and family can be a challenging process that requires strong buy-in from multiple stakeholders. Failure to secure buy-in and clearly communicate the reasons for reintegration, as well as the process, can cause numerous issues that can ultimately affect the outcomes for the child. Securing buy-in, however, is far more complex than simply discussing what is in the best interests of the child. It requires social workers or technical staff to first understand the range of motivations and personal concerns that can differ…
Rationale for the booklet
As the only formal entity at the commune level responsible for women and children in Cambodia, commune committees for women and children (CCWCs) play an important role in protecting children in community. This handbook highlights the role CCWCs can play in support for the implementing the Action Plan for improving child care, which is being carried out in five priority provinces -- Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, Kandal and Preah Sihanouk. The Action Plan intends to safely return 30 per cent of children in residential care to their…
Abstract
Recent research estimates 2.7 million children are in residential care worldwide. These figures have disproportionately increased in countries like Cambodia in recent years, receiving widespread attention from scholars and development practitioners. To counteract this rise, the Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to deinstitutionalize 30% of the children in residential care institutions by 2018. This research aims to shed light on the perceived intended and unintended consequences of this process that, to the best of our knowledge, has not yet been studied. For this purpose,…
In October 2017, a Care for Children team visited Phnom Penh, Cambodia, following an invitation from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY). The purpose of the visit was to understand the current child welfare system in Cambodia, in particular the role and function of the Government residential care institutions (RCIs), in order to help determine pathways forward for government-led foster care development. The following report provides a summary of the research methodology, details of meetings and data collection, findings and recommendations for moving…
Family Care First (FCF) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported project with the goal of making lasting improvements in the well-being of Cambodia’s children. FCF assists children outside of family care or those at risk of losing family care. It seeks to prevent unnecessary separation of children from their families and enable children to be placed in appropriate family care. FCF is led by Save the Children with multiple implementers.
As the Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) plans to reduce the number of…
This brief from UNICEF Cambodia describes UNICEF's plans and programs regarding child protection. It highlights key child protection needs and issues including: (1) keeping children in families, (2) protecting children from violence, (3) strengthening child protection and broader social services, (4) empowering communities to protect children, and (5) actions for adolescents. For each of these areas, the document briefly outlines what UNICEF is doing to address these needs.