Foundling and Abandoned Children in Palestine
Date
2019-09-13
Authors
Banat, Bassam Yousef Ibrahim
Shqair, Sameer
Andon, Iskandar
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education
Abstract
The study addressed foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian society as a multi-dimensional
phenomenon. The study consisted of a retrospective transversal survey of one hundred and fifteen abandoned
children, and ninety-two abandoning mothers purposefully selected from the records of Crèche Institution in
Bethlehem, West Bank. The findings indicated that the ratio of foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian
society is very low comparison with international figures. The study concludes that child abandonment in the
Palestinian society is a risk factor, and that under-reporting of offences, especially incest is widespread in the
Palestinian patriarchal society.
Description
Keywords
Abandoned children , incest , foundling children , adoption , patriarchal society