Empowering families as an alternative to foster care for street children in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID3887357
AuthorsMichael Schwinger (Uhlandstr. 25a, 68167, Mannheim, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume17
Issue6
Pages800-806
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614520701628469
OpenAlexW2073351460
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Although the emphasis in current thinking about work with street children has changed from aid-dependency towards youth protagonism, many organisations ignore the role of the children's families in their interventions. In so doing, they reproduce obsolete welfare traditions and also violate rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and national legislation. This article illustrates the importance of child–family ties for both children and families, and argues that interventions that lack the involvement of parents and families serve to reproduce images of failed families and inadequate mothers. The author presents an alternative approach from Brazil which respects the rights and needs of children and families through family empowerment

Convention · Convention on the Rights of the Child · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Foster care · Human rights · Legislation · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Welfare · Child Welfare and Adoption · Community Health and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing

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