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The National Child Protection System and Alternative Child Care in Jordan
This report on the National Child Protection System and Alternative Child Care in Jordan was commissioned by SOS Children’s Villages International, Regional Office…
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The Orphans of Eritrea: A Comparison Study
The social-emotional state and cognitive development was compared between a group of 74 4–7-year-old Eritrean orphans and refugee children living in families. Both…
Research Papers
Issue of Consent for MTP by Orphan, Major and ‘Mentally Retarded’: A Critical Review
An orphan, mentally retarded woman, above 18 years age, when suffered pregnancy as a result of rape posses a serious challenge before the Chandigarh Administration…
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Orphans’ Land Rights in Post-War Rwanda: The Problem of Guardianship
In 1994, the Rwandan civil war and genocide produced thousands of orphans. Alongside the war, the growing HIV/AIDS crisis in Rwanda has produced a current population…
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Constraints to educational opportunities of orphans: a community-based study from northern Uganda
The objective of this article is to assess constraints on educational opportunities of orphans cared for within the extended family system in Lira district, northern…
Studies
Providing Protection or Enabling Exploitation? Orphanages and Modern Slavery in Post-Disaster Contexts
Orphanages are a common child protection response to humanitarian crises spurred on by media and NGO depictions of the disaster orphan. Yet, decades of research…
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Qualitative Analysis of the Problems and Prospects of Orphanages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
A child who loses one or both of his/her parents and does not have any immediate guardian, so they spend their childhood in orphanages. During their stay in orphanages,…
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Public policies and the orphans of AIDS in Africa
International help to care for Africa's orphans is essential not only for their immediate welfare but also to protect the long term prosperity of these countries.…
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A Descriptive Study on Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Staying in Institutional Homes
Introduction: Orphans and the other vulnerable children and adolescents (OVCA) living in institutional homes are more prone to behavioral and emotional problems…
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More than the loss of a parent: Potentially traumatic events among orphaned and abandoned children†
This study examines rates of potentially traumatic events and associated anxiety and emotional/behavioral difficulties among 1,258 orphaned and abandoned children…
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Child work and labour among orphaned and abandoned children in five low and middle income countries
Background: The care and protection of the estimated 143,000,000 orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide is of great importance to global policy makers…
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Care of Abandoned Children in Sunni Islamic Law: Early Modern Egypt in Theory and Practice
The concept of the best interests of the child comes into tension with premodern Islamic law with respect to the issue of adoption because Islamic law does not…
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Correlates of Poor Health among Orphans and Abandoned Children in Less Wealthy Countries: The Importance of Caregiver Health
Background: More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated…
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Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China
The China Ministry of Health has estimated that there are at least 100,000 AIDS orphans in China. The UNICEF China Office estimates that between 150,000 and 250,000…
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Using photovoice to engage orphans to explore sexual violence in and around a township secondary school in South Africa
This article examines the vulnerability of orphans to sexual violence in and around their township secondary school. Using photovoice as a methodology with which…
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Socio-Pedagogical Challenges facing Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in the Aftermath of the 2007-2008 Election Violence in Nakuru County, Kenya.
The conflict situations that have afflicted parts of Kenya every five years, in the wake of general elections, since 1992 were most prominent after the disputed…
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Caregiver Perspectives on Psychosocial Support Programming for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in South Africa
In 2011 there were an estimated 3.9 million orphaned children in South Africa, many of them orphaned by HIV/AIDS. These children are at high risk for developing…
Research Papers
Age at Adoption: A Measure of Time in the Orphanage or Child-Specific Factors?
This study examined the association between pre-adoption variables (e.g., time in orphanage, birth weight) and age at adoption in a sample of 169 children, aged…
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The impact of orphanage tourism on Bali
This article deals with the phenomenon of orphanage tourism in Bali, Indonesia. Context is given based on a recent published report by the Dutch government on the…
Studies
Children of A Lesser God? Orphans, Vulnerable Children (OVCs) And Poverty In Zambia: Implications For Social Work Practice
This paper attempts to present a conceptual linkage between a model of intervention of social protection and community practice model specifically locality development…
Research Papers
Alternative care options and social protection policy choices to support orphans and vulnerable children : a comparative study of Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau
The number of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa reached 51,900,000 in 2013. There has been limited research, particularly in the countries of Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau,…
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PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AGED 0 – 6 YEARS
This relatively small action research project investigated safety nets with a focus on young children in three sites in different parts of South Africa. The urgent…
Reports
Addicted to Orphans: How the Global Orphan Industrial Complex Jeopardizes Local Child Protection Systems
While many scholars and activists from multiple disciplines have reported on various aspects of orphan policy and the international adoption industry, there has…
Research Papers
A study on domestic gender crimes and the protection of orphans: the experience of social services in Italy
The orphans of domestic crime constitute the hidden face of human and family violence. Indirect violence on children in a family unit affects their imagination,…
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Orphans in Syria and Iraq Juggling Balls: Wars, COVID-19, and the NGO’s financial crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact varies between and within nations, causing new forms of inequality. Refugee and orphan children in conflicted areas are more likely…
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Kenya Research Situation Analysis on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Country Brief
Addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and mitigating negative outcomes of the growing OVC population worldwide is a high priority for national…
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A Mandate to End Placement of Children in Institutions and Orphanages: the Duty of Governments and Donors to Prevent Segregation and Torture
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez brings overdue attention to children detained in institutions and the need to protect them against torture or ill-treatment.…
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Orphans of the Mexican drug war: insights on a public health challenge
Objective. To describe how the Government of Mexico and other direct stakeholders perceive children orphaned by the drug war; to determine the current measures…
Research Papers
Political Orphans?
This chapter aims to dispel the lies spread irresponsibly—by some mischievous individuals in Kashmir and elsewhere in India—that Kashmiri Pandits were (a) cowards…
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AIDS, ORPHANS AND CRIME: Exploring the linkages
In the hardest hit regions of the world, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is increasing poverty and inequality and reversing decades of improvements in health, education,…
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Posttraumatic Stress in AIDS-Orphaned Children Exposed to High Levels of Trauma: The Protective Role of Perceived Social Support
Poor urban children in South Africa are exposed to multiple community traumas, but AIDS-orphaned children are at particular risk for posttraumatic stress. This…
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Risk and protective factors for psychological wellbeing of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town: a qualitative study of children and caregivers’ perspectives
By 2020, an estimated 2.3 million South African children will be orphaned by HIV/AIDS (Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2005), but little is known about risk…
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kenya’s cash transfer program: pro- tecting the health and human rights of orphans and vulnerable children
In Kenya, as in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa heavily burdened by HIV/ AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) face poverty and despair. There is an…
Research Papers
The African Orphan Crisis and International Adoption
The plight of Africa's AIDS orphans has reached crisis proportions, and the international community is beginning to mobilize at the family, community, national,…
Studies
The extent of community and public support available to families caring for orphans in Malawi
There are an estimated 15 million AIDS orphans worldwide. Families play an important role in safeguarding orphans, but they may be increasingly compromised by the…
Studies
Caring for the orphan in the Philippines: A Policy-Capacity review
Using synthesis and an integrative approach, the article analyzes laws, policies, and institutions that protect the rights and promote the welfare of orphaned children…
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Social protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: The case for cash transfers
The unprecedented number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe has created an urgent need to create innovative ways to provide for the social protection…
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Social protection of Africa's orphans and vulnerable children - issues and good practices program options
HIV/AIDS, and violent conflicts are giving rise to a massive generation of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region currently has about 13 million orphans, most…
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Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding children’s rights: cross-sectional evidence from western Kenya
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened…
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Rights Relationships and the Experience of Children Orphaned by AIDS
The global AIDS pandemic has left more than fifteen million children orphaned. These children constitute one of the most vulnerable populations, yet their situation…
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Protecting rights of orphan and vulnerable children: no substitute for community action in Nyanza, Kenya Get access Arrow
This article focuses on the plight of orphans of HIV and AIDS victims and other vulnerable children in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It draws upon participatory…
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Social Protection: How Important are the National Plans of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children?
This briefing paper emerges from a review of 14 national plans of action (NPA), or in the absence of a NPA, outputs from the rapid assessment analysis and action…