Nigeria

Using a novel multisystemic trauma-informed model of care with an embedded developmental monitoring index, the Restorative Parenting Recovery Programme, pilot data was collected from young people and care staff from four residential homes over a two-year period.

The purpose of this study was to examine associations of foster care exit type (e.g., reunification with birth family, adoption, guardianship/permanent relative placement, or emancipation from care) with risk of entry into state prison in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and to examine racial disparities in those associations.

Over the past decade there has been a marked growth in the use of linked population administrative data for child protection research. This is the first systematic review of studies to report on research design and statistical methods used where population-based administrative data is integrated with longitudinal data in child protection settings.

With permission from Uyghur parents desperate for answers, for this video, CNN's David Culver traveled to the heavily surveilled Xinjiang region in search of their children left behind.

During this webinar, hosted by UNICEF and Better Care Network, Gillian Huebner presented the paper It’s time for care: Prioritizing quality care for children during the COVID-19 pandemic - Challenges, opportunities and an agenda for action. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion featuring panelists from UNICEF Child Protection, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN).

This webinar will highlight key findings and recommendations from parenting programmes that apply a gender-transformative approach to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) together and reflect on how this evidence has been used to strengthen interventions.

During this webinar hosted by UNICEF and Better Care Network, Gillian Huebner will present the paper 'It’s time for care: Prioritizing quality care for children during the COVID-19 pandemic - Challenges, opportunities and an agenda for action.' The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Ramya Subrahmanian, Chief, Research on Child Rights and Protection at UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti.

This free online session will introduce emerging adulthood theory as a social concept and will explore and address its implications for Scotland's care system.

"A new report has highlighted, for the first time, the disproportionate number of young people in out-of-home-care [in Australia] who are reported as missing nation-wide," says this article from ABC News. 

UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an International Consultant to Support COVID19 Knowledge Management in Child Protection.