Denying biological parenthood: fosterage in Northern Benin

Alber, Erdmute

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“…Orphanhood is distinct from fosterage because it strictly entails the state of a child losing a parent who is responsible for their primary care. Alber's (2003) work in northern Benin finds that even for foster children, household heads are more likely to cover the educational costs of foster children if they are related than if they are not. In Ghana and northern Benin, foster children who are non-relatives of the household head face the greatest difficulty obtaining an education, as they are more likely to be working as domestics (Alber 2003;Gage 2005;Scelza and Silk 2014).…”

Section: Orphanhood and Fosteragementioning

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Orphan status, school attendance, and relationship to household head in Nigeria

Kazeem¹,

Jensen²

2017

DemRes

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Section: Orphanhood and Fosteragementioning

confidence: 99%

Orphan status, school attendance, and relationship to household head in Nigeria

Kazeem¹,

Jensen²

2017

DemRes

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“…The most widely used concept in the academic literature to describe this is ‘child circulation’ (Archambault, ; Fonseca, ; Leinaweaver, ; Wells, ). Although this frame has also been used to understand transnational adoption (Alber, ; Marre and Briggs, ), it is primarily intended to capture the ways that people construct, extend, strengthen and stretch social networks of relatedness in conditions of economic precariousness or other forms of insecurity (Leinaweaver, ; Notermans, ). These practices get embedded in cultural norms so that to send a child away, in cultures where child circulation is normative, is not viewed as neglect or abandonment (Alber, ).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Although this frame has also been used to understand transnational adoption (Alber, ; Marre and Briggs, ), it is primarily intended to capture the ways that people construct, extend, strengthen and stretch social networks of relatedness in conditions of economic precariousness or other forms of insecurity (Leinaweaver, ; Notermans, ). These practices get embedded in cultural norms so that to send a child away, in cultures where child circulation is normative, is not viewed as neglect or abandonment (Alber, ). Most of the academic literature on child circulation focuses on African, especially West African, kinship practices (Alber, ; Archambault, ; Archambault and de Laat, ; Bledsoe, ; Goody, ; Isiugo‐Abanihe, ).…”

Section: Context and Justification For This Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These practices get embedded in cultural norms so that to send a child away, in cultures where child circulation is normative, is not viewed as neglect or abandonment (Alber, ). Most of the academic literature on child circulation focuses on African, especially West African, kinship practices (Alber, ; Archambault, ; Archambault and de Laat, ; Bledsoe, ; Goody, ; Isiugo‐Abanihe, ). It has also been used to explain how children move between families and into and out of state institutions in Brazilian favelas (Fonseca, ).…”

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‘I'm Here as a Social Worker’: A Qualitative Study of Immigration Status Issues and Safeguarding Children in Private Fostering Arrangements in the UK

Wells

2019

Child Abuse Review

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Private fostering of non‐citizen children in the UK has become a focus of child protection social work since the Laming report into the death of Victoria Climbié. This paper reports on a qualitative study that aimed to understand children's experiences of private fostering and social work practice. The study involved interviews with social workers and privately fostered children, reviews of advice line calls to Children and Families Across Borders and a review of safeguarding reports from London boroughs. It found that many children who present as ‘privately fostered’ have been in effect abandoned by their parents and are living with strangers. While the homes that they live in may be safe, insecure immigration status renders children vulnerable and, if not regularised, will lead to complicated and stalled transitions to adulthood. The key findings of this study are that children whose parents are not resident in the UK are treated as privately fostered, but the underlying premise of private fostering legislation, which is that the parent retains meaningful responsibility for the child, is often not in place. Key Practitioner Messages Privately fostered children may have insecure immigration status. Social workers should consider regularising immigration status for privately fostered children as part of safeguarding. If a child's parents are not resident in the UK, social workers should consider whether the local authority has a duty to make arrangements for him/her to have a safe home.

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“…However, until recently, primary and tertiary education in Sub-Saharan Africa was free or highly subsidized by several governments. Moreover, for many rural families, child fosterage and remittances contribute to the education of children (Schrieder and Knerr 2000;Alber 2003). Thus, the contribution of African rural families to income maximization by educating children is small compared to what it could have been if investment in education was at the level it is in developed countries.…”

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5 - Moderating Poverty: The Role of Remittances from Migration in Botswana

Campbell

2021

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This study examines internal labour migration of Botswana citizens and their remittance behaviour. Though international remittance is among topical global issues, it does not appear to contribute much currently towards national development in Botswana. About twenty-five years ago remittances from internal migration had no impact on poverty. This study indicates that the situation has not changed. The new economic theory of labour migration is addressed within a theoretical framework. From primary data, the level of poverty is measured and factors influencing remittances are examined. Following this is an examination of the impact of remittances on poverty. The results indicate that migrants maintain links with their home-based households through remittances in cash and goods. This is generally done in order to reduce poverty, especially in rural areas. There is considerable variation in the extent to which remittances are appreciated as a reliable means of subsistence in the household. Regression results reveal that economic and social factors are related with remittances from migrants. However, the remittances do not have a significant moderating effect on poverty in Botswana. While female-headed households dominated among those that were transitorily poor, there is no evidence that this is the case among those that lived in extreme poverty. Policy implications are addressed. Résumé

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Denying biological parenthood: fosterage in Northern Benin

Cited by 65 publications

References 8 publications

Orphan status, school attendance, and relationship to household head in Nigeria

Orphan status, school attendance, and relationship to household head in Nigeria

‘I'm Here as a Social Worker’: A Qualitative Study of Immigration Status Issues and Safeguarding Children in Private Fostering Arrangements in the UK

5 - Moderating Poverty: The Role of Remittances from Migration in Botswana

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