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Discover the findings of an extensive global research report highlighting the factors contributing to the separation of children from their families and providing recommendations to prevent this from happening.

Case studies from the Global South provide insights on how to effectively support children who have experienced violence.

Adam Crapser has become something of a cause celebre for what critics say is a flawed United States law that unfairly leaves tens of thousands of international adoptees in limbo without citizenship.

Despite Indigenous, legal, children's and human rights advocates pointing out that harsher penalties for kids don't make the community safer, the Liberal National Party says it will follow through on its election promises about youth justice.

CAIRO (AP) — The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday.

Former President Donald Trump's pledge to implement mass deportation if he's reelected has ignited fears of family separations. 

Standing beneath the foothills of the Estrella Mountains near the Gila River Indian Community, President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned, first-ever apology to survivors of Indian boarding schools today, calling the years between 1819 and 1969 shameful and “one of the most horrific chapters in American history.” 

This year's report provides a snapshot of the key trends and promising initiatives shaping the social service workforce. It zeroes in on a particularly important issue: the critical role that the workforce plays in ensuring children can always benefit from safe and stable family care—whether that be in their own family or through family-based alternative care, when needed.

Register for an upcoming webinar hosted by UNICEF ESARO and WCARO on this new data titled “Data speak: Understanding the scale of sexual violence against children in Sub-Saharan Africa”, scheduled for 23rd October 2024 from 15:00 to 16:00 (Nairobi Time) | 12:00-13:00 (Dakar time).

The Changing the Way We Care℠ (CTWWC) Life of the Award Report highlights the initiative’s global efforts to promote safe, nurturing family care for children. Since 2018, CTWWC has been driving care reform in countries like Guatemala, Kenya, and Moldova, while supporting smaller projects in Haiti and India.