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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020: Families in a changing world
This annual report by UN WOMEN examines how changes in family dynamics impact women's rights across the globe and demonstrate that most countries worldwide can afford family-friendly policies. The recommendations put forth in the report build on global da
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Household Economic Strengthening in Support of Prevention of Family-Child Separation and Children's Reintegration in Family Care
This report is intended to act as an information resource, a collection of the latest research, programmes, findings and outcomes, within the realm of household economic strengthening (HES), family-child separation, and family care. Child protection and e
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Children, Orphanages, and Families: A summary of research to help guide faith-based action
This resource aims to provide a concise overview of a range of studies and findings that can inform approaches to caring for children who, through orphan-hood, abandonment, or other causes, have been separated from parental care. Included are current glob
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Guidelines for Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living in Liberia
Save the Children has been supporting the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia to develop alternative care guidelines as well as the capacity building plan for the DSW. The guidelines are intended to p
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Save the Children's Position Statement on Families
The word ‘family’ has different meanings to people around the world. Diverse family structures exist in various parts of the world, with the nature of relationships and the power dynamics between men and women, and adults and children, girls and boys vary
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Kinship Care Album: Syrian refugee children in Jordan
This Album on Kinship Care is a compilation of the works of Syrian refugee children in kinship care and their adult caregivers who took part in the participatory action research undertaken by Save the Children and the Information and Research Center – Kin
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The Influence of Family Skills Programmes on Violence Indicators: Experience from a multi-site project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in low and middle income countries
Families can be one of the most protective forces in the lives of children and youth. Family skills interventions have been found to be effective in encouraging safe and nurturing relationships between parents (or caregivers) and children in their early y
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Understanding Vulnerability: A study on situations that affect family separation and the lives of children in and out of family care (Research in DKI Jakarta, Central Java and South Sulawesi)
PUSKAPA, the Center on Child Protection at the University of Indonesia, conducted this assessment to understand situations that lead children in Indonesia to be outside of family care—living either in childcare institutions or in non-institutional arrange
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Queriendo se entiende la familia: Guía de intervención sobre parentalidad positiva para profesionales
Queriendo se entiende la familia: Guía de intervención sobre parentalidad positiva para profesionales, is a positive parenting intervention guide developed by Save the Children Spain. The guide is intended for professionals with training in the educat
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World Family Map: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-Being Outcomes
The World Family Map Project is an initiative by Child Trends which seeks both to monitor the health of family life around the globe and to learn more about how family trends affect the well-being of children. Given the centrality of the family to child a
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Mi familia: Taller de apoyo a hermanos y hermanas de niños con necesidades especiales
A Save the Children workshop dedicated to the concerns of brothers and sisters of siblings who have special health, developmental, or mental health needs. The workshop (relevant to the age group 7-15 years) has been designed to give help, support and adv
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Family support services and alternative care in sub-Saharan Africa. Background paper
A background paper developed in preparation of a conference on Family Strengthening and Alternative Care in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa, held 10–11 May 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, organised by Member agencies of the United Nations and several non-governmen