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This paper undertakes two analytical enterprises to reflect on children’s place(s) in transnational families. At the macro level, it traces the developments of how children have been socially and scientifically viewed through time, while highlighting the cross-fertilization of knowledge between migration studies and children and childhood studies. At the micro level, it underlines the importance of a mobility approach to illuminate the diverse experiences of children. Specifically, using the analytical optic of “mobile childhoods” (Fresnoza-Flot A. Migration, familial challenges…
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An estimated 1–3 million children live on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh relying on each other for survival in an environment characterized by illness, violence, and poverty. Research has rarely examined the everyday caregiving environment of street children in Bangladesh or how they survive the illness and injury so common to their experience. To understand street children's caregiving practices, this paper draws in part from the informal caregiving and social support literatures. The qualitative project purposively selected 75 street children and asked three primary questions…
This report examines the effects the 2015 Nepal earthquakes had on vulnerable populations. It lists several concerns faced since the earthquake, which include the thousands of people who have lost their homes and children left unaccompanied. These groups are considered ripe targets for human traffickers. Researchers evaluate the posed risks to children, women, and marginalized groups. The report highlights the workshops and trainings that were held to protect vulnerable populations.
With the help of key informants, training workshops, and visits to the Sindhupalchok…
This study was aimed at filling a gap in information on Commune Committees for Women and Children (CCWCs) and their function. CCWCs were established in 2004 in Cambodia to serve as advisory bodies to local Commune Councils. CCWCs “are tasked with planning, support, advocacy, awareness raising and monitoring” of issues related to children and women. This study examines the successes of CCWCs in implementing and achieving policy goals, and the roles they play in linking children and families to child protection services. “The study also assessed both NGO supported and traditional community-…
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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…
This webinar presentation by Professor Marie Connolly of the University of Melbourne was given at a UNICEF Seminar on the 1 April 2014. Professor Connolly began by introducing the history and background of Family Group Conference (FGC) in New Zealand, which was developed initially in the late 1980s as a culturally responsive way of diverting children and their families from the court system. It has since become a key decision-making mechanism for both care and protection and youth justice systems. FGC was later…
This article from The Black Sea covers the deinstitutionalization process of Georgia which began in 2009. At the time, institutions were shut-down and the government attempted to reunite children with their families. Some families did not remember they had children.
The impetus of deinstitutionalization in Georgia began which its Rose Revolution in 2004, which led to the leadership of Saakashvilli. Tamta Golubiani was appointed head of the Child Protection…