Childhood in South Asia
Subtitle: a critical look at issues, policies, and programs
By: edited by Jyotsna Pattnaik.
Contributors: Pattnaik, Jyotsna.
Series: Research in global child advocacy
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Children -- South Asia -- Social conditions; Children -- Services for -- South Asia; Child welfare -- South Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: rethinking children and childhood in South Asia / Jyotsna Pattnaik; title: Caught between a crocodile and a snake : childhood in a Rohingya refugee camp, Bangladesh / Thomas Feeny; title: Understanding childhood disability in India / Neerja Sharma; title: Mad dogs and traffic jams : the psychosocial concerns of children in Kabul, Afghanistan / Jo de Berry; title: Reaching the unreached : early childhood care and education interventions in India / Vrinda Datta; title: Sri Lankan child's optimal growth and development : early care in exceptional circumstances / Indranie Dharmadasa and Vinitha Wickramaratne; title: Ensuring infant and maternal health in India : toward convergence of family care with formal health care / Rajalakshmi Sriram; title: A critical examination of the status of the female child in Pakistan / Shaireen Rasheed; title: Children : broken promises and silent casualties of conflict in Nepal / Tara Niraula; title: Repositioning South Asia's children within the competing discourses on childhood : implications for policy / Jyotsna Pattnaik.