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The present evaluation examines the National Child and Youth Development Plan (NCYDP) B.E. 2555-2559 (2012-2016), which provides a framework for the development of children and youth in Thailand. The NCYDP was designed under the leadership of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) and approved by the Thai Cabinet. Its purpose was to effectively implement the National Child and Youth Development Promotion Act (NCYDPA) B.E. 2550 (2007), which aimed to enhance the wellbeing of children and youth, in line with the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC…
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Universalia Management Group Ltd. and Child Frontiers are pleased to present this revised report on the Evaluation of the Child Protection Monitoring and Response System (CPMRS) in Thailand for the period 2006-2012.
The CPMRS project, launched by UNICEF in 2006 in association with key government and university partners, was intended to develop an integrated child protection system in the six tsunami-affected provinces in southern Thailand. The project was expected to: increase public awareness of children’s rights to protection; track the magnitude of child protection…
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This report is based on in-depth interviews with migrant children and parents, real estate and construction companies, government Ministries, and NGOs. It explores the challenges faced by children living in construction site camps, and suggests solutions that can be scaled to foster social responsibility within Thailand’s construction sector. (Read Thai version…
The purpose of this research was to capture more accurate and detailed information regarding children in various forms of alternative care in Thailand, as well as the legal, policy, management and oversight environment surrounding them in order to plan and programme more strategically in the area of alternative care, and simultaneously contribute to the global evidence base for international findings and recommendations on alternative care.
The review covered the following types of registered alternative care for children: Residential Care, Foster Care, and Kinship Care.
While the scope…
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The purpose of this research was to capture more accurate and detailed information regarding children in various forms of alternative care in Thailand, as well as the legal, policy, management and oversight environment surrounding them in order to plan and programme more strategically in the area of alternative care, and simultaneously contribute to the global evidence base for international findings and recommendations on alternative care.
The review covered the following types of registered alternative care for children: Residential Care, Foster Care, and Kinship Care…
This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee’s recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
As part of phase one of the development of the Martin James Foundation's Asia Care Network, comprehensive studies of the care system in each country were conducted to highlight the need for developing alternative care systems across South-East Asia. This case study highlights relevant data from Thailand.
According to the case study, Thailand lacks a coherent strategy for dealing with alternative care and as such has a…
This report presents the findings of a mappings and assessments review of child protection systems in 14 countries including Cambodia. The principal purpose of the study was to consolidate existing information on the shared strengths, challenges and priorities for developing and strengthening child protection systems in the region that will better safeguard children from all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Key observations of each country’s child protection system were made: from what influences development to awareness of the cultural and social contexts that frame…
This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005. It provides an overview of a study conducted in the tsunami-affected countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand to assess the alternative care options for children without adequate parental care.