13. CHILD PROTECTION AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: FOCUS ON CHILD WELFARE POLICY IN NAMIBIA

Abstract

The impact of apartheid, destabilization, and warfare in southern Africa has especially taken a severe and unimaginable toll on the future and life chances of children in the region. Prior to 1990 when a series of significant events changed the social and economic landscape of the sub-continent, a number of disturbing profiles and trends pointed to a desolate situation for children and women by most child welfare, household, poverty, education, and health indicators. As a result of massive underdevelopment compounded by war and economic destabilization for decades, only aggravated by colonialism and post-colonial policies, the health and welfare of children in southern Africa had reached tragic proportions.

Citation

Hopson, R.K. (2004), "13. CHILD PROTECTION AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: FOCUS ON CHILD WELFARE POLICY IN NAMIBIA", Camp Yeakey, C., Richardson, J. and Brooks Buck, J. (Ed.) Suffer The Little Children (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 307-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-358X(04)04013-6