Rights Category List
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…
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
“Orphans” or Veterans? Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor
All over East Timor, one can find “orphans” whose parents still live, and “wives” who have never been married. These labels mask an open secret in Timorese society—hundreds…
Research Papers
South Korea’s legacy of orphan adoption and the violation of adoptees’ rights to know their origins
South Korea experienced international scrutiny over its irregular intercountry adoption practices in the 1980s. However, it eventually came to be viewed as a model…
Research Papers
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…
Research Papers
Orphanage tourism and the convention on the rights of the child.
This chapter argues that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a useful lens through which to view the adverse effects of orphanage…
Studies
Orphanage children in Ghana: are their dietary needs met?
Nourishing the body is a basic human right. The literature argued that children are born with the potential to develop both physically and emotionally. However,…
Studies
Orphans and At-Risk Children in Haiti Vulnerabilities and Human Rights Issues Postearthquake
The vulnerability of children in Haiti has increased dramatically since the earthquake in January 2010. Prior to the earthquake, the prevalence of orphans and at-risk…
Studies
Orphans or Veterans: Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor
All over East Timor, one can find “orphans” whose parents still live, and “wives” who have never been married. These labels mask an open secret in Timorese society—hundreds…
Research Papers
The Right to Basic Education for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Is Kenya Up to the Challenge?
The right to basic education is a key component of a child’s survival, protection and development. This is particularly important with regard to Orphaned and Vulnerable…
Research Papers
Cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children as a form of human capital investment in Homa Bay county
The study investigated the role of CT-OVC as a form of human capital investment on the beneficiary OVC living in Homa Bay district of Homa Bay County. The CT-OVC…
Research Papers
AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR HIV/AIDS ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN WA AND JIRAPA TOWNSHIPS OF THE UPPER WEST REGION OF GHANA
Social protection involves choices about whether the core principle behind social provisioning will be universal or selective through targeting. Extreme poverty…
Books
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON THE CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF HIV/AIDS ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE AMATHOLE DISTRICT
The research investigated the impact of HIV/AIDS on the children’s right to education with special focus on OVCs. The main aim of the research was to assess the…
Research Papers
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
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
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Middle East
The state of orphans and vulnerable children in the Middle East has remained somewhat unknown or ambiguous, in recent years we are beginning to learn the dire state…
Research Papers
The Orphans of Globalization
Why do so many immigrants come to the United States illegally? The commonplace answer, “to find better paying work and a better way of life,” is somewhat misleading.…
Studies
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…
Research Papers
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…
Research Papers
International Adoption: The Human Rights Position
International adoption is under siege, with the number of children placed dropping in each of the last several years, and many countries imposing severe new restrictions.…
Research Papers
Does the human capital discourse promote or hinder the right to education? The case of girls, orphans and vulnerable children in Rwanda
This paper studies the implications of considering education as a human right and examining it through the lens of the human capital discourse. It uses Polanyi’s…
Research Papers
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…
Studies
Children as ethnographers: Reflections on the importance of participatory research in assessing orphans' needs
Critiques of child participation within aid programming suggest that it is superficial and insubstantive for the fulfilment of children’s rights. By employing former…