Democratic Republic of the Congo

A group of civil society organizations (CSOs) is supporting the participation of children and young people in the planning of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care, including a worldwide consultation with children and young people to collect and voice their experience of the child protection system and/or alternative care. The CSOs group is seeking a consultancy (i.e. a highly qualified individual or organization or consortium) to deliver the consultation in partnership with children and young people and the CSOs group, and in coordination with a research ethics co-investigator.

This study examines the effect of an innovative caregiver education program in China on caregivers' perceived increase of parenting knowledge.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, life in residential facilities for people with disabilities in South Korea has become even more precarious, if not deadly, said Lee Jung-ha, who heads the advocacy group Padosan, in an interview for this article from Hankyoreh.

The aim of this article is to demonstrate how critically oriented research can deliver useful and actionable knowledge directly to the field and promote transformative change.

This video is a recording of the virtual launch of the data collection protocol on children in residential care, held by UNICEF on 3 December 2020.

In response to the need for accurate and reliable statistics on children in residential care, UNICEF has developed the first-ever comprehensive methodology to collect data on children living in residential care settings by applying a number of preexisting tools from international survey programmes, such as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other validated instruments, to an institutional population.

UNICEF is holding a virtual launch of a data collection protocol on children in residential care on 3 December 2020.

This brochure from UNICEF provides an overview of child marriage in the Sahel, a region spanning the northern portion of sub-Saharan Africa.

A Constituição da República de Moçambique consagra a educação como um direito e dever fundamental de cada criança, que deve ser oferecida num ambiente seguro, propiciando a aprendizagem.