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AN INTEGRATED INDICATOR FRAMEWORK TO PROMOTE CHILD WELL-BEING IN NAMIBIA

Domain:

socioeconomic
Creator:
RahBab
Publisher:
Stellenbosch University
Host:
Namibia has adopted several policies, pieces of legislation and programmes aimed at improving the well-being of children. However, the Namibian National Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) of 2004 no longer adequately reflects the contemporary problems faced by vulnerable children. Policy makers require a comprehensive and integrated set of indicators to inform policy revision to make informed choices. This article reviewed national and international child protection reports, evaluation studies and indices to identify contemporary indicators for tracking child well-being in Namibia. It found that while the available indicators reflect objective well-being measures, there is a gap in tracking the subjective experiences of children, child safety and the promotion of children’s rights. The article offers an alternative integrated indicator framework that captures multiple dimensions of child well-being. Adoption of this framework can enable policy makers to make more informed decisions to support vulnerable children. Keywords: child well-being, indicator framework, objective well-being, orphans and vulnerable children, subjective well-being

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