Honduras

Uganda’s President Museveni has assented to the Children's (Amendment) Bill 2015, a bill that “seeks to strengthen the protection of children's rights and restrict legal guardianship of children to Ugandan citizens,” according to this article from All Africa. 

This report captures what has been accomplished in social service workforce strengthening in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights areas for future intervention. Progress made to strengthen the social service workforce within these countries is useful when reflecting on global trends and ways forward.

The aim of the National Action Plan is to encourage government and other children’s rights actors to adequately plan for and respond to the holistic needs and aspirations of CWDs in Uganda.

This thesis investigates children’s experience of psychosocial and emotional support of (nonparental) caregivers in residential facilities in preparation for their re-integration into family based care.

This report provides preliminary estimates of U.S. Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for Fiscal Year 2015.

This document highlights principles used to guide actions concerning children on the move and affected by migration.

This desk review examines the reasons children are being placed in care, evaluates the types of care in the region, and discusses regional efforts towards deinstitutionalisation.

This report shares outcomes to date for a group of 1,292 children and young people with disabilities who have transitioned out of large residential institutions (institutions) into small group homes (SGHs) in the community.

Maxim’s story illustrates the problems with institutional care and the stagnation often seen in the child protection system.

This report from UNICEF discusses the state of world’s children and points out that when it comes to the development and survival of children, odds are stacked against those from the poorest and most disadvantaged households.