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The 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals with high-level political guidance on transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030.

Supported by a grant from the Martin James Foundation, the Alliance will soon be implementing a new project to mobilise the experiences and knowledge of care-experienced youth, family me

In this article, the authors aim to analyse how the process of deinstitutionalization in Bulgaria relates to the concept of child’s rights articulated in the CRC on which it is based. They focus on children without disabilities, specifically children raised in small home centres (SHC2) subject to so-called residential care.

The article explores the notion of deinstitutionalization, emphasising its importance in post-conflict areas and emphasising the value of a personalised social work approach in promoting the welfare of children and young people impacted by the Russia-Ukraine war conflict.

This WHO-UNICEF Global Report on children with developmental disabilities provides principles and approaches  to intentionally include the needs and aspirations of children and young people with developmental disabilities in policy, programming and public health monitoring.

Fifty years after coup that delivered Pinochet power, thousands still grieve the children stolen during his rule.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announces the opening of the IACHR and Both Ends Believing Fellowship Program for 2023. This fellowship provides young professionals with the opportunity to learn about and apply the mechanisms of the IACHR, especially in relation to children's rights, as addressed in the 2013 thematic report "The Rights of Boys and Girls to a Family."

The Centre for the Study of Social Policy's Strengthening Families is hosting a webinar to share new resources and opportunities from national and state Strengthening Families partners and to answer questions about Strengthening Families implementation. 

The study's main themes were establishing the need for residential homes for children (RHCs), RHCs not being an ideal family environment and RHCs as respite. Family marital problems, poor financial situation, stigma attached to some children in care, abusive parents and a lack of suitable alternatives when families have a crisis were identified as key factors that impede DI implementation in Ghana.

The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative study was to examine the responses of 18- to 24-year-olds (n = 83) who had been in out-of-home care, comparing early adolescent versus non-early adolescent placement, placement setting, and sibling accessibility on attachment.