Protecting the World's Children: public health, human rights, capabilities

by Bissell, Susan; Kumar, A.K. Shiva

• ISBN13: 9780192844071
• ISBN10: 0192844075
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780192657923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-08-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

Since 1987, Susan Bissell's career has focused on the rights, safety and security of children and she is currently serving on a number of Boards, teaching, and writing. Susan spent over twenty-five years working in various capacities for UNICEF, and from 2016 until 2018 led the establishment of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and its associated Fund.

From 2009 to 2015, Susan served as Associate Director and Chief of Child Protection for UNICEF. Author of a number of research studies, she has worked with UNICEF in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Italy (at the Innocenti Research Centre in Florence), and New York City. Susan earned a PhD in public health and medical anthropology from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She holds a BA and MA from the University of Toronto.

A. K. Shiva Kumar (Shiv) is a Delhi-based development economist, policy advisor, and evaluator specializing in human development, poverty, health, nutrition, education, and the rights of women and children. He is Co-Chair of FCDO's Independent Advisory Board for the What Works to Prevent Violence - Impact at Scale Programme, and serves as a Commissioner with the Lancet Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People. Shiv has led thematic evaluations and country-level assessments for UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, WFP, and other organisations, and has been a regular contributor to UNDP's Human Development Reports. He is a Visiting Professor at Ashoka University, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Indian School of Business. Shiv holds post-graduate degrees in economics and management from Bangalore University and IIM Ahmedabad, and earned his MPA and Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

Table of Contents

PART I: TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD SAFETY AND PROTECTION1. A framework for the safety and protection of children, Susan Bissell2. From 'children's rights' to the human rights of the child, Nigel Cantwell3. Children's work and labour: Rethinking policy responses from the perspective of children's rights and capabilities, Ragini Saira Malhotra and Ramya SubrahmanianPART II: THE CHALLENGE4. Child protection under attack in armed conflict, Cécile Aptel, Messeh Leone, and Saudamini Siegrist5. Children in crises: Disasters, the COVID- 19 pandemic, and climate change, Satchit Balsari and Jennifer Leaning6. The protection chasm: Contemporary child migration and the enduring denial of legal, safe, or regular mobility options, Vasileia Digidiki and Jacqueline Bhabha7. Out- of- home care and adoption, Nigel Cantwell and Peter B. GrossPART III: THE WAY FORWARD8. Systems for the safety and protection of children, Kimberly Gamble-Payne and Jordan Freeman9. The allocation of public resources for the protection of children, Philip Goldman and Enrique Maldonado10. Social normative approaches to behaviour change: Evidence on eliminating harmful social practices, Sajeda Amin and Hanan Al Shaikh11. Ending violence in childhood: A human development approach, A.K. Shiva Kumar and Soumaya Kapoor Mehta12. Conclusions: Temporary trends or persistent poly crisis?, Susan Bissell and A.K. Shiva Kumar