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What is Child Best Interests

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa
The right of the child to have his or her best interests assessed and taken as a primary consideration when different interests are being considered in order to reach a decision on the issue at stake, and the guarantee that this right will be implemented whenever a decision is to be made concerning a child, a group of identified or unidentified children or children in general.
Published in Chapter:
Towards Child-Centred Sustainable Development Goals: Implications on Child Welfare Policy and Practice in Zimbabwe
Tatenda Goodman Nhapi (Independent Researcher, Zimbabwe) and Takudzwa Leonard Mathende (UK Local Authority, UK)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch005
Abstract
This chapter is mainly based on a historiography approach and explores enhanced child protection and safeguarding mainstreaming in Zimbabwe within the milieu of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs set the tone for further global development outcomes taking off from the millennium development goals. The chapter unpacks how SDGs can complement Zimbabwe's readily comprehensive legal and child protection policy framework to enrich child protection. The chapter offers recommendations on possible approaches to dovetail SDG targets with enhanced child protection and development in Zimbabwe.
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