social orphans

In recent years, there have been several paper or legislative initiatives in the field of protecting social orphans, but in practice, no significant changes have occurred, says Aigerim Mussabalinova, Ph.D., a human rights defender of children and socially vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan, professor at the School of Law of KIMEP University (Kazakhstan). In the absence of parental protection and guardianship, the state can provide these children with material protection, but it cannot give them emotional protection and support, which during the period of a child’s development is no less important along with material assistance.

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