This volume is a collection of original essays written by prominent child advocates, law teachers, social workers, activists and professionals from across the globe. The focus is not simply on describing challenging situations or the un-met needs of children in specific countrie…
"Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world. Represents the most up-to-date family prob…
Cet ouvrage écrit par les spécialistes du domaine s'adresse aux médecins et à tous les professionnels impliqués en protection de l'enfance. Précis et didactique il fournira à ces praticiens : - des indications sur les actions à entreprendre face aux situations de violences sur l…
Advocates within the human rights movement have had remarkable success establishing new international laws, securing concrete changes in human rights policies and practices, and transforming the terms of public debate. The strategies these advocates have employed are not broadly…
"UNICEF faces a problem of identity. What is its target group: children? Or also mothers? Or women in general? Following the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, UNICEF is now 'guided' by the Convention. Has it become a human rights institution? Should …
This book explores the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. It presents current knowledge about family support and sets out directions for future developments in thinking and service provision. An understanding of the complexity and pot…
The contributors to this topical volume explore the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. They show how children can be supported in the development of their full potential despite adverse experiences. Family support enables children to …
Plus de 2000 enfants meurent chaque jour des suites de traumatismes involontaires ou accidentels. Chaque année des dizaines de milliers d'autres sont hospitalisés pour des blessures qui les laissent souvent handicapés à vie. Ce rapport conjoint de l'OMS et de l'UNICEF établit le…
"Early childhood development research offers solutions to several of the world's social and economic problems - solutions that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, improve the health, education, and wellbeing of the global population, and yield high rates of return …
Key issues in childhood and youth studies
by Murphy, Lisa, Kassem, Derek, Taylor, Elizabeth