Violations Category List
Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England
Demographers and historians refer to the eighteenth century as the “century of illegitimacy,”1 pointing out that “in every city in England and the continent for…
Research Papers
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
Physical and sexual abuse in orphaned compared to non-orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic review assessed the quantitative literature to determine whether orphans are more likely to experience physical and/or sexual abuse compared to…
Studies
Towards a Definition of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
The HIV epidemic presents challenges including orphans and a large mass of children rendered vulnerable by the epidemic and other societal forces. Focus on orphaned…
Studies
Child violence experiences in institutionalised/orphanage care
Institutions are not necessarily good environments for children. In the face of challenges such as HIV, Ebola, poverty, conflict and disaster the numbers have grown…
Studies
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…
Research Papers
Psychological Stability of Orphans in Crisis Situations
The article presents the results of the study of psychological stability of orphans who survived abuse and violence in the parental home (N = 120). The structure…
Studies
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,…
Studies
Child and caregiver concordance of potentially traumatic events experienced by orphaned and abandoned children
Exposure to trauma is associated with significant emotional and behavioral difficulties among children. Overall, reports of trauma and violence experienced by children…
Research Papers
What are the factors associated with depressive symptoms among orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia?
Background: Compared to general children, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) are more exposed to negative outcomes in life such as abuse and neglect. Consequently,…
Research Papers
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…
Studies
Orphans, Converts, and Prostitutes: Social Consequences of War and Persecution in the Ottoman Empire, 1914–1923
Considerable research has been conducted on the relationship between the First World War and the persecutions of Ottoman Armenians. So far, little is known about…
Studies
Impact of Domestic Care Environment on Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Orphans in Western Kenya
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic…
Research Papers
Orphans and Vulnerable Children: An Analysis Surrounding Jamaica, 1800-1852 with Case Studies
This article traces the experiences of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) during the British slave trade between 1800-1852, while looking specifically at connections…
Studies
The dual risk of child sexual abuse and HIV infection facing orphans and other vulnerable children in South Africa
The risks of child sexual abuse (CSA) and HIV infection are interrelated, wherein each can be, and often is, a causal factor for the other. Children who have been…
Research Papers
A Child's Right to Participation: Photovoice as Methodology for Documenting the Experiences of Children Living in Kenyan Orphanages
Through ethnographic research, including participatory photography or “photovoice,” this research project explored the changing landscape of childhood faced by…
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,…
Research Papers
‘Children without a family should come out!’: sociocultural barriers affecting the implementation of interventions among orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria
The increasing vulnerability of children and experiences of childhood violence in many parts of the world have gained traction in academic and policy discourses.…
Studies
Children at Risk: A Study of the Psychosocial Impact of HIV on Orphans and other Vulnerable Children in Benin
This paper describes the effect of parental HIV on the life of children in Benin. A total of 2,043 children aged from 10 to 16 were surveyed on health, diet, violence,…
Research Papers
The coming crime wave? Aids, orphans and crime in South Africa : legal issues
Crime levels in South Africa are likely to increase over the next two decades because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The epidemic will result in an unprecedented increase…
Studies
Child abuse and neglect in orphanages in EAST JAVA Province (Study on forms of child abuse, anticipatory efforts developed children and the role of the orphanage)
This study examines the forms of abuse and neglect experienced by children living in orphanages in East Java Province, efforts by children in orphanages to deal…
Studies
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.…
Reports
Legal Protection of Orphans from child abuse in children`s residential institutions in Kyrgyzstan
This thesis is centered on question: Whether the Kyrgyzstan fulfils all the obligations on protection of orphans from child abuse in children`s residential institutions.…
Research Papers
ZAKAT FOR THE ORPHANS IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF THAILAND
In the past nine years ,the violence situation has spiked in the Deep South Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat provinces see Figure 1 and parts Songkla province Nathawi,…
Studies
SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ENUGU STATE
This study sought to find out services available for orphans and vulnerable children in Enugu State and the social workers’ roles in the provision of services for…
Research Papers
RWANDAN GENOCIDE ORPHANS
The 1994 Rwandan Genocide is a tragedy which the world has not, up to date, been able to recover from due to its subsisting side effects. Due to the impact of the…
Research Papers
National Orphans and a Nation's Trauma: Experience, Emotions, and the Children of the 1916 Easter Rising Martyrs
This article begins the work of recovering and understanding children’s unique experiences during the Irish Revolution by exploring the history of a diverse group…