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The Star Tribune, a newspaper based in Minnesota, USA, reports on a program designed to match older “orphans” from Colombia to adoptive families in Minnesota through a week-long camp which allows for in-person introductions and interactions.

A court in Nepal has recently found two men guilty of repeatedly raping three girls with autism who were in the men’s care at an orphanage in Kathmandu.

This study is purposely looking at issues around institutionalization and the experiences of resettled youth resulting from the social and economic challenges that affect them in independent living, tackling how they are negotiating and overcoming them.

This paper reports the results of an international review of academic literature on sexual abuse in residential child and youth care, 1945–2011. 

This article outlines findings from research on current and former street children in Burundi, that assesses the extent to which violence can affect children’s mental well-being and psychological functioning, and thus limit their reintegration.

Des la mi-février 2014, la République de Guinée a fait face à une maladie mortelle à virus Ebola. Les premiers cas ont été reportés à Guéckédou. Pour mieux organiser les services de protection destinés aux enfants non-accompagnés/séparés, un centre de transit a ete aménagé  à Guéckédou. Cependant face au nombre de cas ENAS qui est resté assez limité, la stratégie pour les ENAS a évolué vers le réseau de famille d’accueil.

Le présent examen par les pairs s’articule autour de plusieurs axes thématiques: la protection de l’enfance, l’assistance aux familles et le soutien parental. Il aborde également d’autres thèmes tels que la nécessité d’une approche à facettes multiples mais intégrée des interventions auprès des familles marginalisées; l’importance de la recherche et de la collecte d’éléments factuels pour la planification et l’exécution; et l’habilitation des personnes à aider afin qu’elles prennent pleinement part au processus d’intervention. 

This study on legal guardianship and adoption practices in Uganda was designed to explore and get insight into current care practices.

This executive summary is the first document in a series of six reports, from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS), about the International Forum on Intercountry Adoption and Global Surrogacy, held in August 2014.

This report discusses concerns raised by participants of Thematic Area 2 (Intercountry Adoption, Countries of Origin, and Biological Families) of the International Forum on Intercountry Adoption and Global Surrogacy held in August 2014.