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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have predicted that the social and economic effects of the ongoing pandemic will have a significant impact on the well-being of families with children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, children and adolescents were already a highly vulnerable population group, suffering a higher incidence of poverty than other age groups and affected by numerous inequalities in various dimensions. Not only does the current emergency threaten…
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This report critically reviews the case for universal child benefits (UCBs). It seeks to contribute to a burgeoning and lively debate on the (potential) role of UCBs as a policy instrument in the pursuit of child poverty reduction and universal social protection.
Universalism has come to the fore in policy circles with the Agenda 2030 and the related Sustainable Development Goals – and their underlying aspiration to ‘leave no one behind’ (UNGA, 2015). In this agenda, social protection emerges as one of the main tools at governments’ disposal for…
This report from Save the Children calls upon governments, donors and other development partners to urgently support an expansion in social protection coverage of children and their caregivers (predominantly women), working progressively towards UCBs. This would ensure basic income security for children in line with Sustainable Development Goal Target 1.3, which aims to establish social protection floors in all countries by 2030.
This report sets out eight reasons why governments should consider working towards universal rather than targeted coverage of children. These span economic and…
This report from Save the Children calls upon governments, donors and other development partners to urgently support an expansion in social protection coverage of children and their caregivers (predominantly women), working progressively towards UCBs. This would ensure basic income security for children in line with Sustainable Development Goal Target 1.3, which aims to establish social protection floors in all countries by 2030.
This report sets out eight reasons why governments should consider working towards universal rather than targeted coverage of children. These span economic and…
This Policy Brief by the United Nations highlights the impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities and in doing so, outlines key actions and recommendations to make the response and recovery inclusive of persons with disabilities.
While the brief contains specific recommendations focusing on key sectors, it identifies four overarching areas of action that are applicable for all.
1. Ensure mainstreaming of disability in all COVID-19 response and recovery together with targeted actions. A combination of mainstream and disability-…
This brief identifies the steps necessary to realize an integrated system of care, reviews two current approaches, and makes recommendations—including specifying policy reforms that would promote interagency collaboration, integration, service delivery, and improved outcomes for California’s children, both with and without disabilities. As a full commitment from the state administration is necessary to realize the proposed solutions at scale, this brief recommends the formation of a statewide interagency leadership council that has legitimacy, decision-making authority, and accountability…
Consistent and effective implementation of public policy can be challenging, and this is particularly so in relation to services and provisions for Scotland's care leavers.
In response to feedback from a wide range of stakeholders, CELCIS, in association with the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant Alliance, hosted a roundtable workshop and practice exchange discussion on 5 September 2018 for local authorities in their role as Corporate Parents, in the effective and consistent implementation of the…
The Day of the African Child is celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, in memory of the student uprising on that day in 1979 in Soweto, South Africa, and raising awareness of the continuing need for improvement in the fulfilment of the education and other rights of African children. This year, it is commemorated on the theme “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Children in Africa: Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunity”.
This briefing highlights how prohibition of all corporal punishment of children in Africa is…
This report documents Ukraine’s Soviet-era system of orphanages and other institutions for children with disabilities. Despite declines in Ukraine’s population, there is an increasing rate of institutionalization, and for children with disabilities, placement in an orphanage is often a “gateway” to a lifetime of institutionalization. The report details the violence, exploitation, and other human rights violations that are frequently committed against these children. It also shows how families who wish to keep their children with disabilities at home are often forced to institutionalize them…
In this paper, Lumos reviews Bulgaria’s national strategy on deinstitutionalisation, adopted in 2010, and provides recommendations for ensuring the rights of children in the process. This paper has been written in the light of Bulgaria’s Universal Periodic Review. It outlines a set of recommendations which will ensure the deinstitutionalisation process in Bulgaria will meet the needs and respect the rights of all children involved and to help ensure that policy in this area is in line with Bulgaria’s international human rights commitments.
The paper describes the need for a child-centered…