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The development of child protection systems and practice in low- to middle-income countries /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brown, Louise (Editor), El-Hoss, Thomas (Editor), Gearon, Alinka (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Child welfare > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Development of Child Protection Systems and Practice In Low-to Middle-Income Countries
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • International standards and benchmarking child protection systems in LMICs
  • Categorising child protection systems
  • Aims
  • Organisation of the book
  • Vignettes
  • Part I: Asia and the Pacific
  • Part II: Africa and the Middle East
  • Part III: Latin America
  • References
  • Part I Asia and the Pacific
  • 2 The development of the child protection system and practice in China
  • Country overview
  • Socio-.economic and political context
  • Social protection of children
  • Children, families and Chinese culture
  • The childhood population and children's rights
  • Defining childhood: rights and age limits
  • Child maltreatment
  • Definition of child maltreatment
  • Prevalence
  • Law, policy and practice frameworks
  • Legal framework
  • Policy and practice
  • Threshold for intervention
  • Practice vignettes
  • Future direction and challenges
  • References
  • 3 Exploring Thailand's child welfare and protection system
  • Country overview
  • Socio-.political and historical context
  • Defining childhood: age limits and rights
  • Education
  • Social protection
  • Children and families, Thai culture, values and beliefs
  • Child maltreatment
  • Definitions of abuse, prevalence and administrative data
  • Threshold for intervention
  • Children's agency in the process, acting upon their wishes and feelings
  • Legal and policy framework
  • Legislation focusing on violence towards children
  • The accommodation of secular and customary laws within the child protection legislation and the tensions within the system
  • The practice response
  • The child protection system in practice
  • The role of social workers
  • Alternative care for children living apart from their families
  • Practice vignettes
  • Future direction and challenges
  • References
  • 4 The development of child protection systems in Pakistan
  • Country overview
  • Socioeconomic, political and historical context
  • Childhood and the status of children
  • Child maltreatment
  • Legal and policy frameworks
  • International commitments and national legal provisions
  • Regional and provincial legal frameworks
  • The practice response
  • Practice vignettes
  • Future direction and challenges
  • References
  • 5 The development of child protection systems and practice in the Republic of Maldives
  • Country overview
  • Socio-.political and historical context
  • Defining childhood and children's rights
  • Social protection
  • Child maltreatment
  • Definitions of child abuse: impact on policy and practice
  • Administrative data
  • Law, policy and practice frameworks relating to children and child maltreatment