妇女服务站开启女性软福利时代

8月24日,广东省妇女维权与信息服务站（珠海站）项目正式启动,服务站的建成将为妇联组织参与社会管理和公共服务拓宽平台,     

妇女发展

上海市浦东新区妇联开展冬日敬老送温暖活动,四川省开展“暖冬”联合大行动,韶山市连莹春蕾小学落成     

两国建交50周年活动谱写中法公共关系新篇章

正2014年作为中法两国建交的重要之年,为两国人民的友谊增添新的意义,50年来,中法政治互信不断加深,两国关系以战略性和互补性独树一帜,成为大国关系的典范。两国率先建立全面战略伙伴关系,带动了中欧关系的发展。中法建交50周年,两国的政府及各界人士开展了一系列喜庆热烈、深入人心的公关活动,共同表达双方的美好心愿。把今年打造成为名副其实的"中法年"国家主席习近平于2014年1月23日在人民大会堂会见法国国民议会     

开启新篇章——纪念“三八”国际妇女节101周年中外妇女招待会

2011年3月8日上午,北京人民大会堂宴会厅华灯璀璨,笑语盈盈。历经百年的“三八”国际妇女节迎来101周年纪念。由中华全国妇女联合会主办的“三八”国际妇女节中外妇女招待会隆重召开,来自各国各界的姐妹宾朋近1800人出席。     

妇女发展

天台巾帼志愿者开展春节妻全回家宣传;大连妇联举行2009年社区文化表彰大会;“走进世博工地,慰问巾帼班组”;和谐家庭才艺展示大赛;宁夏自治区妇联积极参加“送温暖、三下乡”活动;     

中阿、中约妇女交流揭开新篇章(英文)

应阿联酋妇女联合会和约旦全国妇女事务委员会的邀请,全国人大常委会副委员长、全国妇联 主席顾秀莲率中国妇女代表团一行10人于2003年1 2月5日至12日对阿联酋和约旦两国进行了 友好访问。     

第五届中美妇女领导者交流对话会在美召开

On the sidelines of the fourth round of the China-US High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange, the Fifth China-US Women＇s Leadership Exchange and Dialogue （WLEAD Dialogue） was held, in the US, on November 21. The event, with the theme ＂Women, Science and Education,＂ was co-chaired by the All-China Women＇s Federation （ACWF） and the US Secretary＇s Office of Global Women＇s Issues.     

妇女发展

Girls＇ Education Improves
The enrollment rate of girls who are primary school age is now 99.58 percent in China, or 0.08 percent higher than the rate of same-age boys. Of children who are junior high school age, the enrollment of girls is about 95 percent, or virtually equal to the rate of same-age boys.     

妇女发展

2010年中国妇女研究会年会暨“北京＋15”论坛开幕;全国妇联“送温暖、三下乡”活动在新疆举行;宋秀岩云南调研妇女工作;“母亲水窖”使西藏妇女背水之路不再漫长;     

Foster Parenthood

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Foster Parents Speak: Preferred Characteristics of Foster Children and Experiences in the Role of Foster Parent

Foster parents play a pivotal role in the child welfare system. A study that employed focus groups with foster parents was conducted at a private foster care agency with the initial purpose of understanding the characteristics of foster children that foster parents both preferred and not preferred. In the qualitative research tradition, their answers addressed the topic of characteristics and expanded to provide additional data on their experience as foster parents. Using theme analysis, the following themes were generated: foster care as service; foster parents' preferences of foster children's characteristics; foster parents do not feel valued or trusted; increased caseworker and foster parent partnership; problems in the foster care and related systems; and focus group as support. Implications for research and practice are forwarded.     

Missing Links

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Hardiness of Foster Families and the Intent to Continue to Foster

ABSTRACT

Recent research in the area of foster care has examined a number of external factors that may influence foster family retention. However, insufficient research has been devoted to the question of foster family hardiness, or internal strengths of foster families, and how it may affect retention. Hardiness in families means that families possess a belief that they can control or influence events of their experience, feel deep commitment, and anticipate change as a positive challenge. Additionally, hardy families exhibit a confidence in their abilities. Utilizing the Family Hardiness Index, this research reports findings from a study of 82 foster families from one southeastern United States metropolitan area. Foster families who reported an intent to continue to foster scored higher on the Family Hardiness Index than families from a non-clinical sample. Foster families who reported an intent to continue also scored higher than those foster families who reported they did not intend to continue. Logistic regression indicated that higher levels of hardiness and fewer years of licensure as foster parents were significantly associated with intent to continue to foster. The study also discusses implications of hardiness screening of prospective foster families and its potential value for improving support to and retention of foster parents, thus increasing stability and service efficacy for the children they serve.     

Infants in Foster Care

Abstract

This article highlights the importance of attachment issues for infants placed in foster care. We offer a framework for understanding how early separation and maltreatment may affect infants' ability to securely rely on a foster parent. We argue that disruptions in foster infants' primary attachment relationships, combined with a history of maltreatment, place these infants at risk for developing predominantly insecure or disorganized attachments to foster parents, regardless of foster parent characteristics. We argue that foster infants' successful passage through the foster care system requires a high level of foster parent sensitivity to their unique attachment needs. We also argue that this level of sensitivity is likely to require specialized training for foster parents.     

Exploration to Foster Career Development

Responses to the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI: Super, Thompson, Lindeman, Myers, & Jordaan, 1988) were organized through cluster analysis to identify different ways in which adults use exploratory behavior to cope with career development tasks. Significant differences in life-role salience among the types of adult career explorers identified were also investigated. Findings indicated a variety of ways in which adults use exploratory behavior. However, no significant differences were found in life-role salience among the types of career explorers. The discussion explains how career counselors can interpret their clients' ACCI profiles to select appropriate career interventions.     

Foster care in South Australia

In 1969, a book titled “The semi-professions and their organisation: teachers, nurses, social workers” was published in the U.S.A.¹ Edited by sociologist Amitai Etzioni, the book's stated aim was “to increase sociological knowledge about the professions by focusing on a group of new professions whose claim to the status of doctors and lawyers is neither fully established nor fully desired”.² While the relegation of social workers to “semi-professional” status must have annoyed some American social workers, the same year saw a heartening step forward for social workers in Australia. On 3rd December, 1969, the Deputy Public Service Arbitrator (Mr. W. B. Wilson, B.A., Dip.Ed.) handed down Determination No. 386 of 1969, which substantially increased salaries of social workers in the Commonwealth Public Service.