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The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is looking for an experienced communication officer, who will be responsible for the co-coordination of the Working Group and for communication activities that fall under the responsibility of the GDS-secretariat.
About the International Disability Alliance (IDA)
The International Disability Alliance is the permanent co-host of the Global Disability Summit. IDA brings together over 1,100 organizations of persons with disabilities and their families from across eight global and six regional networks. IDA…
An aid official who travelled the length of Gaza this week has described scenes of “utter annihilation”, with “nothing left” of what were once thriving and crowded cities in the territory.
“The depth of the horror surpasses our ability to describe it,” said James Elder, a spokesperson with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
“As soon as you drive through the north, you get that universal gesture of hunger of people putting their hands to their mouths. A lot of children, women with very gaunt faces. In [the city of] Khan Younis, there is utter annihilation.
“I’ve not seen…
A teenage orphan who became a posterchild for Moscow's deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia said he was instructed by officials to recite pro-Russian talking points for television cameras and threatened with a beating when he complained about conditions.
Eighteen-year-old Denys Kostev is one of 4,000 orphans and children without parental care who, according to Kyiv, have been unlawfully taken to Russian-controlled territory following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia says it has done nothing unlawful, and it only moved the children to protect them from war.
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Not long before departing Congress to successfully pursue the mayor’s office in Los Angeles, former U.S. Rep. Karen Bass introduced a bill that would dramatically rewrite the federal rules around terminating parental rights.
The transition of individual residential care services for children is a critical part of child protection and care systems reform. It is one of several critical measures required of governments to implement commitments made at the international level to phase out the institutionalization of children and reorientate the system towards family-based care.1 To support the scaling up of transitioning residential care services, and to ensure it is done in a manner that is safe, effective and puts children’s best interests first, certain factors need to be in place at the system level to create…
Programul Național pentru Protecția Copilului pe anii 2022-2026 articulează angajamentul Guvernului Republicii Moldova și al partenerilor săi de a diminua numărul copiilor plasați în îngrijire rezidențială și de a dezvolta un sistem de protecție socială centrat pe îngrijirea tuturor copiilor în familii sigure și protectoare. Programul menționat prevede implementarea unui moratoriu privind plasarea copiilor sub vârsta de trei ani în îngrijire rezidențială. Ulterior, grupa de vârstă a fost extinsă pentru a include copiii cu vârsta cuprinsă între 0-6 ani, astfel încât aceasta…
Moldova’s National Program for Child Protection (2022-2026) articulates the commitment of the Government of Moldova and its partners to dramatically reducing the number children in institutions and to a child protection system anchored in securing safe and nurturing family care for all children. The Program includes the introduction of a moratorium on the placement of children under the age of three in residential care. The age was expanded to include children aged between 0-6 years to reflect the age range of children cared for in residential institutions. Despite notable achievements in…
A bill seeking to repeal Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) was presented in the West African country's parliament on Monday and will be discussed by lawmakers later this month.
Former president Yahya Jammeh banned the practice in 2015 and introduced steep fines and jail sentences for perpetrators.
A Book Launch Event Examining Innovations and Lessons from the Global South
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. EDT
Featuring:
Tabassum Amina
Assistant Professor, BRAC University
Grace Boutros
Regional Programs Coordinator, Arab Network for Early…