Nigeria

The article discusses two previously published articles by the author and two co‐authors, where the topics are the history of leaving care support in Norway and how the Nordic welfare model may represent a problematic frame for leaving care support.

This paper, based on an extensive desk review, chronologically examines the evolution of aftercare laws and practices in India along with the factors that contributed to the rise of institutional care.

The UNCRC has launched its call for submissions as part of a global public consultation to help feed into and guide the discussions of the 2021 Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Children's Rights and Alternative Care. In addition to written or video submissions, children and young people are also invited to contribute their views and ideas via a separate survey, developed by members of the DGD Child and Youth Advisory Team, in partnership with researchers from the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) and a number of civil society organisations.

"During the pandemic, video chats replaced in-person visits between parents and their children placed in foster care" says this article from the Marshall Project. "The effects could linger for years."

This article argues that the U.S. Congress should make changes to extend protections under Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). These implementations would give effect to the legislative intent behind SIJS, which is to protect the particularly vulnerable group of unaccompanied children and youth.

"A steady stream of men have fled Afghanistan for Australia," says this article from SBS News, "but despite being recognised as refugees and granted protection, they have since faced never-ending visa delays for their wives and children to be able to join them. Some have now been waiting, alone, for more than 10 years."

This article from CNN shares the story of a 31-year-old Salvadoran mother in a shelter for deported migrants in the Mexican border city of Reynosa whose 12 and 16 year olds sons have crossed into the United States unaccompanied.

This article highlights a new report from Bethany Christian Services, which is the first large-scale study of its foster care work based on a racial breakdown of the children, reviewing hundreds of cases from programs in four cities — Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This short animated video, the third in a series focusing on self-care interventions during COVID-19, features children and their parents/families as they go through every day activities during the pandemic.

In this webinar the speakers discussed the implementation experiences and emerging lessons of COVID-19 response strategies of seven programmes that prioritize nurturing care and early childhood development in their work.