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In this short introductory chapter, we offer an overview on some of the book’s main topics – such as transnational care, childhood and parenthood, transnational spaces and temporality, – aiming to offer a coherent picture of the issues therein from a synchretic, however problematic, point of view. As transnational families emerge in an age of movement, they prove to be telling of deep structural fractures in the web of a globally connected society, yet displaying an unusual – since constantly changing and renegotiated – solidarity that creates a continuum of…
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The present study evaluates the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach in which families and youth care professionals collaborate with an informal mentor, who is someone adolescents (aged twelve to twenty-three) nominate from their own social network. The informal mentor can be a relative, neighbour or friend, who is a confidant and spokesman for the youth and a co-operation partner for parents and professionals. This approach fits with the international tendency in social work to make use of the strengths of families’ social networks and to stimulate client…
The 21-22 June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings was the second in a series of regional consultations focused on engaging experts within the region to collaborate, share learning, and formulate a set of regional recommendations for key actors to effectively address violence against children within all care settings,…
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The following case study outlines the process undertaken by officials, para-social workers (PSWs) and community leaders in several sub-counties in Kasese District in Western Uganda to a) identify and address instances of child abuse in their communities, b) track cases of abuse and encourage reporting by victims, and c) support a para-social workforce in the communities to act as a deterrent and reduce the incidence of abuse. With guidance and training in child protection provided by SUNRISE-OVC, a USAID-funded social welfare systems — strengthening…
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In late 2016, ACREMET conducted a qualitative study of the family strengthening approach that underlies the Isibindi model. The study explored how the approach contributes to the improvements in children’s well-being that Isibindi achieves. The researchers studied relevant documents, conducted individual interviews and focus group discussions, and visited 18 beneficiary households to observe the situation in which Isibindi’s child and youth care workers (CYCWs) work. The study was done in three Isibindi sites – Alice in Eastern Cape, Bela-Bela in Limpopo, and…
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This desk review is part of a wider study commissioned to SOS Children’s Villages International by the European Commission. The overall study aims to map the issue of alternative care and deinstitutionalization in countries in Asia, South and Central America, and Africa. It also seeks to increase the evidence on child protection, alternative care and deinstitutionalization and on how this can be addressed, in order to potentially inform future initiatives in these continents, at country or regional level.
The study comprises three continental desk reviews…
This presentation was given by Pat Dolan - Professor and Carmel Devaney, Lecturer and Researcher at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway - at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014. The presentation focuses on informal supports for families and on incorporating research into practice.
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Efforts to strengthen national child protection systems have frequently taken a top-down approach of imposing formal, government-managed services. Such expert-driven approaches are often characterized by low use of formal services and the misalignment of the nonformal and formal aspects of the child protection system. This article examines an alternative approach of community-driven, bottom-up work that enables nonformal–formal collaboration and alignment, greater use of formal services, internally driven social change, and high levels of community ownership. The…
Social isolation is especially harmful when it is chronic; that is, when it endures over a long time. Chronic isolation impairs people’s quality of life and health. It erodes their sense of dignity and thwarts them from attaining their rights. For infants and young children, especially, isolation harms their chances of healthy physical and psychosocial development.
Practitioners who work with children and youth have an important role in supporting them, and their caregivers, to prevent and overcome isolation. Child and youth care workers, ECD practitioners, teachers, social workers and…
This article explores some of the ways that Buddhism expresses care for its children. The first section of the article introduces the story of Buddha’s life and his complicated relationship to his child, as his relationship to his child may serve as a model for Buddhists to relate to their children. The story is a key resource in discussing children and the tradition of Buddhism.
The second section focuses on the institution of the Buddhist monastery and the ways it engages and cares for children. Related to children’s care, the article points out that, in the Buddhist tradition,…