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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,…
This report includes a literature, evidentiary, and policy review of social protection in the Eastern and Southern African Region. According to this report, an estimated 1.2 million HIV-positive children and adolescents live in the Eastern and Southern African region. Most of these children face struggles in maintaining antiretroviral therapy adherence and receiving HIV-related services. In the literature review, there is a recognition of the tremendous amount of resilience found in HIV-infected children and adolescents as they negotiate and navigate support. This report stresses the need for…
This document provides an overview of the topics covered in the various sessions during the three-day program learning event “Shaping our care reform work across Africa,” held in Ethiopia on 20-23 April 2015.
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This report examines and analyses policies and provision for family support and parenting support. The goals of the research are to identify relevant global trends and develop an analytical framework that can be used for future research and policy analysis. For these purposes, new evidence was gathered and existing evidence systematized and analysed. The report is based on general literature searches and evidence gathered from 33 UNICEF national offices, located in different parts of the world, and detailed case studies of nine countries (…
In 2013 the Better Care Network (BCN) initiated a regional inter-agency initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa to build and share knowledge, advocate for care reform and technically sound policy and practices to strengthen families and provide appropriate alternative care in the region.
As a result of a consultative mapping, this regional learning was planned to bring together organizations involved in family strengthening and alternative care to provide a forum to share information, build collaboration and prioritise needs in three interlinked thematic areas…
This report, from the African Child Policy Forum, is aimed at informing and accelerating pan-African, regional and national efforts to prevent and respond to violence against children. The report provides an overview of violence against children, including its nature and magnitude in the African continent. The report outlines the primary forms of violence against children - physical violence, neglect, sexual violence, mental and psychological violence, and cultural practices that involve physical or emotional harm - as well as the contexts in which violence may occur, including in the home,…
Ceci est une présentation à la Conférence sur le Renforcement de la Famille et la Prise en Charge Alternative en Afrique subsaharienne francophone en Mai 2012 en Dakar, Sénégal.
This ‘Top Ten Resources’ document lists the currently most relevant materials on Child Protection, as identified by Save the Children’s Child Protection Initiative (CPI).
Cette déclaration a été développée à partir d’un ensemble grandissant de pratiques et de faits probants sur le renforcement des systèmes de protection de l’enfance en Afrique subsaharienne1 et s’inspire du dialogue et des résultats d’une conférence interinstitutionnelle sur le sujet qui a eu lieu à Dakar au Sénégal en mai 2012.
Son objectif est (i) de présenter une vision commune des systèmes de protection de l’enfance en Afrique subsaharienne et d’expliquer pourquoi ils sont importants et méritent des investissements et (ii) lancer un appel à l’action auprès des…
In the recently released outcome document of the Fifth International Policy Conference on the African Child, conference delegates call for a reversal of the current trend of resorting to intercountry adoption as a primary solution for African children in need of alternative care, and for giving prime priority to enabling all children in Africa to remain with their families and communities. The delegates urge that intercountry adoption should be guided by the best interests of the child, applied only when an alternative family environment cannot be found in the home country and in line with…