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As child protection and family welfare become increasingly central to the global community of policymakers and practitioners seeking to encourage an optimal care environment for children’s development and well-being , key learning gaps remain concerning the best ways to support children who are without adequate parental or family care or who are at risk of becoming so. In an effort to strengthen the evidence base around the best ways to improve care for children and to reinforce global capacity to utilize this evidence, the Better Care Network, the Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network…
This report - produced by SOS Children’s Villages, Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, and the University of Malawi - is based on a synthesis of eight assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (“the Guidelines”) in Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
It considers common challenges to implementing the Guidelines identified in the eight countries and provides a platform for effective advocacy to promote every child’s right to quality care. At the end of each chapter, the report provides…