The Development of Child Protection Systems and Practice in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

A first of its kind, this book explores child protection systems in non-Western, low- and middle-income countries, offering a descriptive, yet analytical, account of the development and current stage of practice in twelve different countries.

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 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.

Contributor: Thomas El-Hoss (Edited by), Alinka Gearon (Edited by), Louise Brown (Edited by), Susan Muchiri (Contributions by), Jamile Khoury (Contributions by), Houwayda Matta Bou Ramia (Contributions by), Mariya Ali (Contributions by), Andy Lillicrap (Contributions by), Syed Saleem Abbas (Contributions by), Bienvenue Magorwa Munyerere (Contributions by), Natalie Guillén (Contributions by), Khadija Loudghiri (Contributions by), Hanyu Zhang (Contributions by), Mohammed Houmine (Contributions by), Ana Maria Arias Uriona (Contributions by), Mohamed Naeem (Contributions by), Emebet Mulugeta (Contributions by), Zhenhao Su (Contributions by), Natasha Morales (Contributions by), Ashenafi Hagos Baynesagn (Contributions by), Dayané Proenza González (Contributions by), Ilya Smirnoff (Contributions by), Saleem Bokhari (Contributions by), Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes (Contributions by), Justin Rogers (Contributions by), Irene Intebi (Contributions by), Marcela Losantos Velasco (Contributions by), Jie Lei (Contributions by), Tahira Jabeen (Contributions by), Kanthamanee Ladaphongphatthana (Contributions by)

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