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In this Technical Report, the authors review the available knowledge on the effects of armed conflict on children and support the recommendations in the accompanying Policy Statement on children and armed conflict.

This report presents the findings from a national consultation with children and young people, conducted by UNICEF Australia.

This media release from UNICEF Australia highlights the findings of a report containing the voices of children and youth in Australia which shows the ways in which the country is and is not meeting its committments to the Convention of the Rights of the Child.

The aim of this study was to examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans in children's care homes in India.

This article examines the findings of a mixed-method implementation-evaluation of a local non-governmental organization's Orphans and Vulnerable Children program.

In this blog post from the Huffington Post, Rachel Springford writes about her experience in care and the difficulties care leavers face in transitioning to adulthood and accessing opportunities such as studying at university.

The UK government has announced a new care leaver covenant, designed to support care leavers in the transition to independent adulthood, according to this article from the Guardian.

The question in the title is addressed by exploring the challenges inherent in providing care for children who are unable to live with their birth families.

This study examined adopted adolescents’ levels of attachment security to parents and aggressiveness as compared to those of community nonadopted adolescents and of clinical nonadopted adolescents.

The present study analyzes differences between perceived social support from family, peers, and adult mentors in Unaccompanied refugee minors (URM), with subgroup analyses of peer and mentor support in URM with and without family contact.