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This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Lao PDR's initial reports, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review
Abstract
Introduction
According to the 2012 Lao Social Indicator Survey, 6 % of children in Laos live with neither one of their parents. This study explores the determinants of child-parent separation and the consequences of existing alternative care arrangements from the perspectives of adults and young people.
Method
Interviews with community leaders, government authorities, and senior staff from residential institutions (n = 26) and group discussions with adult caregivers (n = 192) and children (n = 294) living in…