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policyCaring 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…
Orphans of the AIDS epidemic? The extent, nature and circumstances of child-headed households in South Africa
There is widespread concern that the number of children living in “child-headed households” is rapidly increasing as a result of AIDS-related adult mortality in…
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF KINSHIP FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IN ZIMBABWE: A STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS CARING FOR ORPHANS AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN BIKITA
ACT Most Zimbabweans, like other people in the Southern Africa region, have suffered in a number of ways as a result of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, persistent droughts…
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…
Education for All: Myth or Reality for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Zimbabwe?
The freedom of Zimbabwe from colonial rule in 1980 brought with it the vision of Education for All by the year 2000. A number of initiatives were implemented in…
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…
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…