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Do young wives have agency?

BLOG: One of the most interesting – albeit challenging – parts of researching child marriage in Brazil is recognizing the […]
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Child Protection in post-Soviet countries: Child rights friendly?

BLOG: There has been a shift in many post-Soviet countries’ efforts to improve the protection of children’s rights in child […]
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Children and Youth in Vulnerable Situations Must Be Heard!

Blog post by Ann Kristin Larsgaard, Associate Professor in Pedagogy, University of Southeast Norway Sølvi Lillejord, Professor Emeritus in Pedagogy, […]
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How ‘child life specialists’ secure children’s rights to participation

BLOG: Fulfilling children´s right to participate and be involved in complex settings such as hospital treatment, child protection, court proceedings, […]
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Improving foster care in Norway

BLOG: May 10th is the Norwegian national foster home day. Congratulations to all foster home families. They are societies everyday […]
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Wrong direction for the Norwegian child protection?

BLOG: There has been a significant reduction in child protection help and interventions towards children and families in vulnerable situations […]
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Reunification philosophy, practice and research: We can do better for families

BLOG: How can we help parents and children to reunify after a child protection removal of a child? Sadly, very […]
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Family connections for children in long-term care, guardianship or open adoption

BLOG: In Australia there is developed a comprehensive set of tools to facilitate and ensure positive, safe and child-centred relationships […]
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Children drop off the radar in adoption from care judgments

BLOG: A study of seven European jurisdictions shows that overall, the child is not visible in the court’s justifications. Is […]
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Those that challenge state authority

BLOG: Those that challenge state authority – The critics of the welfare state and the child protection system are diverse with […]
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Research Centre at the University of Bergen. We study government’s use of power towards its citizens, and justifications thereof. Focus on children's rights and child protection.

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