Someone that Matters: The Quality of Care in Childcare Institutions in Indonesia
Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat | Monday, January 07, 2008 | 4.06 MB
Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia. View document

Common Ground: UNICEF and World Bank Approaches to Building Social Protection Systems
Laura Rawlings, Human Development Network, World Bank and Sheila Murthy and Natalia Winder, Social Policy and Economic Analysis Unit, UNICEF | 2013 | 858 KB
This brief outlines the common ground between the World Bank and UNICEF in their commitment in developing and strengthening social protection systems and calls on other stakeholders to engage collaboratively to build such systems and expanding their coverage. View document

ILO Recommendation No.202 (2012) Concerning National Floors of Socal Protection
International Labor Organization | Friday, June 01, 2012 | 203KB
This International Labour Organization (ILO) document introduces a new international standard adopted in June 2012, the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), that provides guidance to member States in building comprehensive social security systems and extending social security coverage by prioritizing the establishment of national floors of social protection accessible to all in need. View document

World Social Security Report 2010/2011: Providing Coverage in Times of Crisis and Beyond
International Labor Organization | 2010 | 5.68MB
This report from the International Labor Organization is the first in a series of the World Social Security Reports whose chief aim is to present the results of regular statistical monitoring of the state and developments of social security in the world. It presents the knowledge available on coverage by social security in different parts of the world and identifies existing coverage gaps. It also examines the scale of countries’ investments in social security, measured by the size and structure of social security expenditure and the sources of its financing. View document

Social Security for All: The ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation (Briefing Note)
International Labor Organization | Friday, June 01, 2012 | 66.8KB
This International Labour Organization (ILO) brief introduces a new international standard adopted in June 2012, the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), that provides guidance to member States in building comprehensive social security systems and extending social security coverage by prioritizing the establishment of national floors of social protection accessible to all in need. View document

Child Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Keeping Families Together: Making social protection more effective for children
Peroline Ainsworth, Elena Gaia, Anna Nordenmark Severinsson | 2012 | 1.8 MB
This edition of Insights produced by UNICEF summarizes the findings and recommendations of studies on the impact and outreach of social protection systems in Albania, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine where high rates of child placement in formal care still persist. The research offers important insight into the weaknesses and challenges faced by social protection systems in the region, but also point to ways in which policy-makers might maximise the impact of social protection systems in order to ‘keep families together’. View document

Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children: A Tool for Reviewing the United Nations Framework with Children
SOS Children's Villages International | Friday, March 08, 2013 | 362KB
This booklet from SOS Children’s Villages International was created for young people to explain in a simple manner the main points of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. The booklet helps its young audience think about the principles of alternative care and what these mean for children and families in different situations. View document

Children's Views of Living with Informal Kinship Carers: Social networks, Stigmas, and Attachment to Carers
Elaine Farmers, Julie Selwyn, and Sarah Meakings from the School of Policy Studies at University of Bristol, UK | Sunday, September 01, 2013
This study funded by Big Lottery and undertaken in partnership between the University of Bristol and Buttle UK, a grant-giving charity for vulnerable children, aims to fill gaps in understanding about the experiences of children living with kins, and in particular how children in informal kinship care view their situation. View document

Changing Children's Chances: New Findings on Child Policy Worldwide
Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill | Friday, March 01, 2013 | 9.5MB
This new report by the World Policy Analysis brings together key findings from the book, Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move From Surviving and Thriving, providing a global picture of what laws, policies, and programs countries have in place to address areas vital to children’s healthy development. View document

What Works in Tackling Child Abuse and Neglect? A Manual for Policy Makers, Managers, and Professionals
Tinje Berge-Le Clercg, Mariska de Batt from the Netherlands Youth Institute | 2013 | 1,706KB
This manual is the main outcome of the European Commission Daphne III programme, Prevent and Combat Child Abuse: What works? Involving regional exchanges and research from five countries (Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands), this manual brings together knowledge on what works in tackling child abuse. The manual suggests evidence and practice-based prevention and response strategies against child abuse and neglect, including programs and services that have been shown to be successful in strengthening family care. View document