Nigeria

The Mexican Attorney General’s office is opening up an investigation into previous abuse allegations brought against a children’s home in Zamora, in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.

L’Ouganda ne protège pas les enfants sans domicile fixe des violences et autres abus commis par la police a déclaré Human Rights Watch. Les enfants des rues dans divers centres urbains de l'Ouganda sont exposés à la maltraitance ainsi qu'aux violences physiques et sexuelles. Les autorités nationales et locales devraient cesser d’organiser des descentes de police visant ces enfants, tenir les forces policières et d'autres individus responsables en cas de passage à tabac, et faciliter l'accès de ces enfants aux services d'éducation et de santé.

This article examines the recruitment and transportation of internally trafficked children from Benue State in the north-central geo-political zone of Nigeria to Oyo State in the south-western zone of Nigeria

The 2014 Larissa Award will go to an initiative that focuses on “Child Deprivation and Vulnerability in Africa”.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is looking for a consultant to conduct a Programme Evaluation of the Legal Assistance Pilot Scheme, which forms part of our EU funded project in South Africa, ‘Ending unlawful deprivation of liberty of women and children in South Africa’.

This study focuses on examining the mediating effects of social support on familial well-being or quality of life in order to help professionals identify and enhance sources of support for all grandparent caregivers.

This report provides an overview of Liberia’s alternative care context, identifies key stakeholders who are involved in the child protection field in the country, and summarizes the Child Care Legal and Policy Framework related to alternative care.

The Heads of State of the Caribbean region endorsed the Call to Action to end the placement of children under three years of age in residential care institutions at the 35th CARICOM conference.

This article from the UK's Independent explores the findings of a recent study conducted by York University and the NSPCC which finds that "on average there are between 450 and 550 cases of proven abuse every year in foster care and between 250 and 300 cases of confirmed abuse a year in residential care" in Britain.

In this chapter of the Handbook of Child Well-Being, the authors review the findings from research on the cognitive and social-emotional development of children growing up in institutions, foster care and adoption.