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An Assessment Of Education And The Worst Forms Of Child Labour: How Do Education Policies And Programmes Work (Or Not Work) For Children?, Emma E. Porio, Maria Luisa Fernan, Christine Crisol
An Assessment Of Education And The Worst Forms Of Child Labour: How Do Education Policies And Programmes Work (Or Not Work) For Children?, Emma E. Porio, Maria Luisa Fernan, Christine Crisol
Sociology & Anthropology Department Faculty Publications
The report is divided into several parts. Part I outlines the research objectives, design and methodology of the study. Part II describes the structure, policies and programmes of the Philippine educational system. Part III describes the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of working children/child labourers. Part IV describes the school policies and practices that undermine and/or support the schooling of working children/child labourers while Part V links the macro education policies and micro education practices, highlighting the barriers to implementation of education policies.
Kinship Care In Massachusetts, Jan Mutchler, Alison S. Gottlieb, Lona Choi, Ellen A. Bruce
Kinship Care In Massachusetts, Jan Mutchler, Alison S. Gottlieb, Lona Choi, Ellen A. Bruce
Gerontology Institute Publications
The population of kinship care families in the Commonwealth is diverse in its characteristics, resources, and needs. The often-referenced stereotype of the elderly single grandmother caring for a number of grandchildren holds for only a portion of the kinship care families. Many children are cared for by married couples; many of the grandparents are not elderly; and many of the caregivers are not grandparents, but rather aunts, uncles, grown siblings, or other relatives. Although the duration of the caregiving relationship is unknown for non-grandparental care, most of the grandparent caregivers are involved in long-term caregiving. As such, their needs are …
Parents, Children And Prison: Effects Of Parental Imprisonment On Children, Deirdre King
Parents, Children And Prison: Effects Of Parental Imprisonment On Children, Deirdre King
Reports
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Children's Rights, Whose Right?: A Review Of Child Policy Develoment In Ireland, Noirin Hayes
Children's Rights, Whose Right?: A Review Of Child Policy Develoment In Ireland, Noirin Hayes
Reports
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Anti-Trafficking Programs In South Asia: Appropriate Activities, Indicators And Evaluation Methodologies, Dale Huntington
Anti-Trafficking Programs In South Asia: Appropriate Activities, Indicators And Evaluation Methodologies, Dale Huntington
Reproductive Health
Throughout South Asia, men, women, boys, and girls are trafficked within their own countries and across international borders against their wills in what is essentially a clandestine slave trade. The Congressional Research Service and the U.S. State Department estimate that between 1 to 2 million people are trafficked each year worldwide with the majority originating in Asia. Root causes include extreme disparities of wealth, increased awareness of job opportunities far from home, pervasive inequality due to caste, class, and gender bias, lack of transparency in regulations governing labor migration, poor enforcement of internationally agreed-upon human rights standards, and the enormous …
The Consideration Of Race In Child Placement: Does It Serve The Best Interests Of Black And Biracial Children?, Donna B. Mcelroy
The Consideration Of Race In Child Placement: Does It Serve The Best Interests Of Black And Biracial Children?, Donna B. Mcelroy
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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South Asia: Clarify Goals And Expand The Reach Of Anti-Trafficking Programs, Frontiers In Reproductive Health
South Asia: Clarify Goals And Expand The Reach Of Anti-Trafficking Programs, Frontiers In Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health
Each year, a significant number of adults and children become victims of human trafficking—forced transportation within or across country borders for exploitation in the form of forced sex, labor, or other services unwillingly given. In September 2001, the Population Council collaborated with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health and the United Nations Development Fund for Women to conduct a consultative meeting on antitrafficking programs in South Asia. About 50 participants from national and international human rights and antitrafficking organizations attended the three-day meeting, held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The meeting had three objectives: clarifying the definition of trafficking; describing the …
Art Museums And The Family Experience: How Museums Can Help Adults Become Effective Guides For Children In Their Care, Sarah J. Stewart
Art Museums And The Family Experience: How Museums Can Help Adults Become Effective Guides For Children In Their Care, Sarah J. Stewart
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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