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This book published jointly by FAO, UNICEF, and Oxford University Press presents the findings from evaluations of the Transfer Project, a cash transfer project undertaken in the following sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It concludes that cash transfers are becoming a key means for social protection in developing countries. The editors examine and evaluate the evidence in support of the viability of cash transfers. This book also focuses on the collaborative efforts of governments, development and research…
This chapter from the book The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Taking Stock after 25 Years and Looking Ahead, presents the legal framework and public policies that address violence against children in ten South American countries. It focuses on three key recommendations of the Report: Recommendation 1 concerns the coordination and integration of national and local commitments and actions taken to respond to violence against children: Recommendation 2 considers progress made regarding international and national legislation to prohibit all forms of violence…
In their various ways, the chapters in this book discuss the complexity immediately encountered when approaching the task of improving the lives of Looked After Children (LAC). While this task is underpinned by a section of the Children Act 1989, on making decisions that reflect the child’s best interests, it is clear that many professionals are not comfortable that they understand the feelings of children accurately enough when using them to guide planning provision. The problem here is that many adults with a duty of care do not always recognize and understand children’s experiences,…
This study is a retrospective discussion of the experiences faced by young Jordanian adults who grew up in residential care before entering adult life. These young adults use their life experiences to demonstrate the challenges that people exiting residential care face. Per this chapter, post-care experience is influenced by in-care experience.
The researcher used a semi-structured interview design to capture the experiences of 42 Jordanian care leavers, which were equal numbers male and female. The study found that care leavers experienced the same difficulties as care leavers…
Meant to highlight the maxim that every child deserves the best that we all have to give; this book provides a review of progress made since The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It contains reports from 21 countries on the status of the rights of the child. The reporting countries are: Australia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Spain, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. There are no reports from Africa.
At the time of publication, 195 countries had…
This booklet is based on a recent internal desk review of Save the Children’s and partners’ work against physical and humiliating punishment of children, commissioned by Save the Children Sweden. It aims to present best practices, to show what methods have worked around the world, and to spread knowledge about results achieved and lessons learned when it comes to law reform and positive discipline. The booklet states first and foremost that children have the absolute right to be safe from violence as stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Violence does not have a…
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In this chapter, which was updated for the third edition of the Handbook of Attachment in 2018, we discuss young children in foster care, as well as those adopted both nationally and internationally. Although children in these groups experience different challenges, they are all raised by someone other than birth parents for at least part of their lives. The following topics are discussed: experiences prior to placement in foster or adoptive care; factors affecting how children cope with adversity; challenges for children forming attachment to new caregivers; atypical attachments…
First published in 1999, this work draws together a multi-national collection of papers, and aims to stimulate the development of policy and practice in this often neglected area. It aims to offer examples of good social work practice, informed by relevant theoretical insights; to give a voice to kinship foster carers and young people so that practice can be informed by an understanding of their experience; to share the results of current research; to highlight issues for policy makers; and to place the issues in the wider international context of developing social policy, ideology and social…
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The policies most relevant to children's psychological well-being have changed dramatically in the 3 decades following J. Bowlby's first seminal writings, but there continues to be a need for a strong connection between attachment theory and child care policies. This chapter examines that connection in relation to 3 main themes. First, we approach it from a historical perspective: We note the features that differentiate attachment theory from other theories of development, with particular reference to the implications for child care policies. Second, we outline some important…
This book by Dr. Xiaoyuan Shang and Karen Fisher provides a comprehensive and clear picture of the situation of children who are orphaned or abandoned in China. Based on research conducted as part of related projects from 2001 to 2012, it introduces the context and framework for the alternative care system and China’s welfare system as it applies to children, including its history and development in both urban and rural areas. It provides a profile of orphans and of care arrangements, describing both the formal child welfare system that has primary responsibility for the…