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Orphaned children
An orphan is a child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan
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A study of attitudes towards residential care in Cambodia
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, with technical support from UNICEF, launched a study on attitudes towards residential care in Cambodia to understand prevailing attitudes and to generate evidence for policy development an
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Guidelines Presentation for the alternative care of children (long version)
A Guidelines presentation on the alternative care of children specifically aimed at non-child protection specialists. This presentation provides an overview of the background situation of children without parental care, why Guidelines are needed, developm
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Risk and Childhood Poverty: Notes from Theory and Research
Chronic childhood poverty is often considered synonymous with the risk of adverse outcomes. This paper considers the ways in which notions of risk, poverty and childhood are constructed and supported through empirical research. Poverty and childhood are o
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Evolving men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey [IMAGES]
This report summarizes multi-country findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), a comprehensive household questionnaire on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices – on a wide
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Family Centres Project. Final Report (July to December 2010)
The Family Centre initiative is a UNICEF programme implemented by Save the Children Sweden in partnership with NGOs and community based organizations, and funded by CIDA, ECHO and the Bank of Palestine. Officially launched in January 2010, the 20 family c
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Case Study. Protecting children in Zimbabwe against the impact of HIV/AIDS
Zimbabwe is facing one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world. More and more children are becoming orphaned and child mortality levels are on the rise. Save the Children's HIV and AIDS Mitigation Project started in 2002 in partnership with Mberengwa Rura
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Analysis of the situation of children in Residential Centres in Burundi
The report of this study responds to the objectives of identifying all the residential centres for children in Burundi, including the number of children residing in them; analysing the situation of children living in the centres and developing recommendat
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Keeping children out of harmful institutions- Why we should be investing in family-based care
One of the biggest myths is that children in orphanages are there because they have no parents. This is not the case. Most are there because their parents simply can’t afford to feed, clothe and educate them. For governments and donors, placing children i
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Child carers: Child-led research with children who are carers
This research report looks at the needs of child-carers in Nigeria, Uganda, Angola and Zimbabwe. The research consisted of a literature review and participatory child-led research in one site in each of the four African countries. The report identifies a
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Alternative Childcare Guidelines on Community-Based Childcare, Reunification and Reintegration Program, Foster Care, Adoption and Institutional Care Service
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs has revised and updated the country’s alternative care guidelines, which general objective is “to establish a regulatory instrument on childcare systems with a view to contribute towards improving the quality of care
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Learning to Work with Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A training manual for para-social workers
The purpose of this training is to help para-social workers: Understand approaches to serve orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected and infected by HIV/AIDS and how to apply in providing care and support. Understand the psychosocial problems and so
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Child poverty in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. Gross violation of children’s rights
As India moves ahead on the path of economic growth, inequality continues to be widened alongside. Many people are excluded from the benefits of economic progress and children living in poor households suffer the most. This report presents a disheartening