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Building a National Child Protection System in Ghana: From evidence to policy...
In Ghana, the process of strengthening the child protection system is following the appropriate path from evidence to policy to practice. It began in 2010 with analysis and mapping of the existing...
View ArticleRoutine Monitoring Systems for Integrated Community Case Management Programs:...
Integrated community case management (iCCM) programs are expanding rapidly in many low– and middle–income countries, particularly in sub–Saharan Africa. This paper aims to synthesize lessons learned...
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Ending Violence in Childhood
A total of 75% of the world's children have experienced some form of violence. This report makes recommendations for addressing the issue through local action to promote child rights and prevent...
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Violence Against Children and Care in Africa: A discussion paper
Violence against children is prevalent in Africa, including in family and alternative care settings. Addressing the problem requires several strategies, including investing in a skilled and...
View ArticleParental Participation in Child Protection Practice: The experiences of...
This is the first study in Ghana to explore child protection workers and parents’ experiences on participatory practices. Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 8 child protection workers...
View ArticleCash Plus: Linking cash transfers to services and sectors
In recognition of the limitations of cash alone, governments (sometimes in partnership with other actors) have introduced ‘Cash Plus’ initiatives, which provide regular cash transfers plus additional...
View ArticleExploring the Attributes and Practices of Alumni Associations that Advance...
Through a multi-case study, this research explores how three higher education alumni associations organize to influence social change in Georgia, Ghana, and Mongolia. All organizations started as...
View ArticleMapping Social Work Education in the West Africa Region: Movements toward...
This article presents the results of a systematic mapping of social work training programs in countries throughout West Africa, a region historically under‐represented in global discussions of the...
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Social Welfare Service Workforce Capacity Assessment
As part of the process to strengthen the Ghanaian social welfare workforce, a ‘social welfare workforce capacity assessment was conducted to develop a long-term capacity building strategy for the...
View ArticleParental Participation in Child Protection Practice: The experiences of...
Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with eight child protection workers and 19 parents, this first study of its kind in Ghana reports participants’ experiences of participatory practices....
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Training Manual for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
This Training Manual for Caregivers of Children with disabilities has been developed to equip caregivers of children with disabilities (which include biological parents, foster parents, adoptive...
View ArticleFamily Support Services in the Context of Child Care Reform: Perspectives of...
In Ghana, different factors such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, parental and child disability, often lead to children becoming separated from their parents. As part of the current childcare reform, the system...
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Primary and Secondary Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children in Ghana
The paper outlines the primary and secondary impacts of COVID-19 on children in Ghana. The paper finds that wide-reaching secondary effects of the virus and consequent mitigation and preventive...
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Residential homes for children in Ghana: Compliance with standards, quality...
Accurate data on the extent to which residential homes for children in Ghana are in compliance with national standards for quality of care and case management are lacking. To begin to address this gap,...
View ArticleDisability-Inclusive Sustainable Services: The Role of Social Workers
Over the years, social workers have played diverse roles in engaging individuals, groups, families, communities, and organisations in their quest to promote overall well-being. However, persons with...
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