Essays about: "Child-headed household"

Found 3 essays containing the words Child-headed household.

1. 1. Beyond vulnerabilities: Exploring the coping mechanisms of children as family heads in child-headed households in Kampala district Uganda.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Lambert Buzaare; [2021-10-07]
   Keywords : coping mechanisms; child-headed households; strengths and abilities;

   Abstract : Uganda is a signatory of both local and international child protection protocols and has further shown its great commitment to child welfare through various agencies put up to implement child welfare-related issues. Yet with all this, children in Uganda continue to be abused and their rights violated. READ MORE

3. 2. Life in Child/Adolescent Headed Households : Aqualitative study on everyday life experience of children living in child/adolescent headed households in Western Kenya region

   University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Dorcus Awino Adongo; [2010]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the everyday life experience of children living in household headed by a child or an adolescent after the loss of both parents in the rural communities in Western Kenya Region. Child/Adolescent headed household is a rapidly growing form of family in Sub-Saharan Africa mainly due to increased deaths rates of parents caused by HIV/AIDS, civil wars and the weakened state of traditional family safety nets in taking up care and raising responsibilities of orphaned children. READ MORE

4. 3. Conditions of life for child-headed households : an explorative interview study from South Africa

   University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan

   Author : Hanna Hirasawa; [2006]
   Keywords : Child-headed household; South Africa; Orphan; AIDS; Childhood;

   Abstract : The objective of the study was to explore the conditions of every day life of child-headed households in South Africa. Following research questions were developed: • How do South African children who are the head of the household perceive his or her life situation and the role as the household-head? • How are the relations with siblings and other relatives? • What kind of support do they need? In order to fulfil the objective an interview study with the design as a case study was con-ducted. READ MORE