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This article from ABC News explores the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia.
This call to action outlines several decisive and coordinated measures that all stakeholders are urged to take to ensure that children and families are protected from the immediate and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
As COVID-19 negatively impacts all aspects of the well-being and development of children, this webinar will focus on one aspect that is often overlooked: the impact on their emotions and spirituality.
This study sought to determine the needs of the general population of children in Botswana.
There is little empirical evidence on how to improve the well‐being and safety of children in informal kinship care in Ghana. Thus, this study reports findings from in‐depth interviews with 15 young people, 18 to 23 years, from Banda—an ethnic group where informal kinship care is an accepted cultural practice.
This article outlines key research on how motivational interviewing is an approach that strengthens positive youth development and can improve youth’s engagement in skills, resources, and services as they age out of foster care.
This article draws from surveys of 97 recently deported Mexican unaccompanied alien children (UAC), which examine their experiences with US immigration authorities. The study finds that Mexican UAC are detained in subpar conditions, are routinely not screened for fear of return to their home countries or for human trafficking, and are not sufficiently informed about the deportation process.
This paper teases out the range of factors reinforcing Kenya’s over-reliance on live-in institutions as a child care and child protection model.
"Children who live in out-of-home care are to form an advisory group on setting and monitoring standards in their homes for the first time," says this article from the Times of Malta.
The World Blind Union (WBU) will host a Facebook live session on “Home schooling, how to help our children in time of Covid-19" on Wednesday April 22nd at 12 Noon EST.