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This policy brief presents the key findings of the 2024 Child Gauge which focuses on early childhood development and the full book can be accessed at www.ci.uct.ac.za.

This 17th issue of the South African Child Gauge focuses attention on early childhood development – from conception until the start of formal school. It collates the latest evidence to reflect on progress, identify challenges and point the way forward.

Join the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, on Wednesday 21 August, for the launch of the South African Child Gauge 2024

Doing away with the rule that limited foster care to married couples, the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has now permitted single individuals — including those who are unmarried, widowed, divorced, or legally separated — aged 35 to 60 years, to foster a child and adopt after two years, according to the recently released revised Model Foster Care Guidelines.

ISPCAN SWEDEN2024 brings together the brightest minds in child protection from every sector to innovate and share best practices.  Join us to keep pushing the boundaries of research and practice to ensure that all children have the chance to thrive no matter what their experience.

This commentary discusses the limitations of the current Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research and the need to also consider social and methodological aspects of adversity. The importance of considering protective factors is also discussed.

This study explores the role that transitional centers in Armenia play in the transitioning process of leaving institutional care and entering independent adulthood.

This report interrogates the normative framework governing child participation in South Africa. It provides an analysis of international human rights obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

This article explores the opportunities social workers have to involve care-experienced individuals in participatory training and academic opportunities by sharing the stories of two young women with care experience who were attending the University of Rome.

CCF Moldova conducted a comprehensive financial analysis of foster care services for children with disabilities to identify financial gaps for current foster carers and financial impediments that deter placement of children with disabilities in foster care. The report provides concrete recommendations to address gaps and cost implications of implementing new funding policies.