The Development of Child Protection Systems and Practice in Low- to Middle-Income Countries
This book provides an overview of 11 child protection systems from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and discusses the formal and informal responses countries are making to the shared problem of child abuse and maltreatment. Within each chapter, vignettes give readers a window into how each country’s child protection system operates in practice.
Child Protection systems across the globe are developing at pace, each reflecting their unique economic, social and cultural contexts.
This book provides an overview of 11 child protection systems from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and discusses the formal and informal responses countries are making to the shared problem of child abuse and maltreatment. Within each chapter, vignettes give readers a window into how each country’s child protection system operates in practice.
This is essential reading for academics, social work professionals and anybody working within child and family welfare.
Louise Brown is Professor of International Social Work and Innovation at the University of Bath, England where she is also Associate Dean for Internationalisation for the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. She is a qualified social worker with a background in child protection practice. Louise has been a social worker educator and researcher for over 25 years. Her research has a global reach with a focus upon social innovation and the cultural adaptation and implementation of child welfare interventions as they transfer between countries. She has supported development work for services for children in China and South Africa.
Thomas El-Hoss is a research fellow at the Department for Health and Community Sciences at the University of Exeter. His research interests are in the mapping and comparison of child protection systems as well as the role that community and faith-based organisations play in supporting family welfare.
Alinka Gearon is Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Bath, specialising in child protection social work with extensive practice experience. Alinka is a member of the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars. Her research interests lie in exploring children’s worlds, child protection and children’s rights. Her participatory research engages children with lived experience of trafficking and exploitation.
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