Zahia Salman: Promoter of Child Welfare in Lebanon

Sectarianism and the Ambiguities of Welfare in Lebanon

Partisan Activism and Access to Welfare in Lebanon.

How do welfare regimes function when state institutions are weak and ethnic or sectarian groups control access to basic services? This paper explores how people gain access to basic services in Lebanon, where sectarian political parties from all major religious communities are key providers of social assistance and services. Based on analyses of an original national survey (n= 1,911) as well as...

Welfare Reform’s Impact on Child Welfare

Family's Mentally Retarded Child Problems under Protection of Welfare Centers

Introduction: Family is a social system in which disorder in one member can disrupt the entire family system. Proper understanding of family problems of mentally retarded children teaches children, their families and professionals working with them to alter their attitudes toward proper education and development planning. Objective: Aim of this study is to determine problems of families&rsquo...

Rights Myopia in Child Welfare

For decades, legal scholars have debated the proper balance of parents' rights and children's rights in the child welfare system. This Article argues that the debate mistakenly privileges rights. Neither parents' rights nor children's rights serve families well because, as implemented, a solely rights-based model of child welfare does not protect the interests of parents or children. Additional...