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ColorLines,

According to this article from Color Lines, health officials in the state of Texas in the US “have been refusing to issue birth certificates to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants” and a district judge has just ruled that officials can continue to withhold these documents from children. A group of immigrant families have filed a lawsuit and the case will now proceed to trial.

UNICEF,

This event will discuss how the new Sustainable Development Goals aiming to end extreme poverty and halve child poverty in all its dimensions can be measured and implemented.

Anne M. Maaskant, Floor B. van Rooij, Henny M.W. Bos & Jo M.A. Hermanns - Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and the Community,

In this study 59 children between 10 and 18 years placed in long term foster care in the Netherlands completed standardized questionnaires on the relationship with their parents respectively foster parents and their wellbeing.

Sujoy Dhar and Nita Bhalla - Thomson Reuters Foundation,

A spokesperson for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC) has announced that the MoC will be terminating their adoption services in India in response to new government rules that have made it easier for single, divorced, and separated people to adopt children, according to the article. 

UNICEF,

Quasiment invisibles parmi les milliers de réfugiés qui arrivent jour après jour en Europe dans l’espoir d’y trouver la sécurité et une vie meilleure, les enfants qui arrivent sans parents ou sans aucun autre adulte pour les accompagner forment un groupe spécial – les mineurs non accompagnés – dont chaque membre a une histoire particulière et besoin d’une aide spécifique. Nous vous présentons quelques-uns d’entre eux.

International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO),

The International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) is inviting nominations to stand for 2015 elections to the Board of Directors. 

Faith to Action Initiative,

This webinar from Faith to Action Initiative presents key strategies for expanding the capacity of families to care for orphans and vulnerable children. 

Claire Bickers - PerthNow,

The number of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in the state of Western Australian has reached “crisis levels,” according to this article from PerthNow. 

BBC News Magazine,

This article tells the story of Yahya, a young man who escaped an abusive father in rural Gambia and underwent a harrowing journey through Northern Africa, eventually arriving in Sicily in 2013. 

OVC Task Force,

Join USG and the OVC Task Force for an event that will discuss OVC programmming in the PEPFAR 3.0 landscape.