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This article from the Atlantic tells the story of Izidor, and others, who grew up in institutional care in Romania and the impact that has had on them as adults.

In this joint statement, Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Regional Director East Asia and Pacific and Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children express their support for the Joint Statement of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development – Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in ASEAN, which highlights the vulnerability of children, the need to reach them with both social protection and social welfare services and the essential role of social workers. 

This event, hosted by Disability Rights International (DRI) is the third in a webinar series on human rights of people with disabilities in light of the covid-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching the Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020. Join the online launch event on 18 June 2020, 15:00 CET / 9:00 EST

Ce webinaire présentera cette version dans le but d'aider les praticiens de la protection de l'enfance et les décideurs politiques à placer la sécurité et le bien-être des enfants au centre de leur réponse à la pandémie de COVID-19.

This study describes healthcare utilization from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2016 among children in foster care in the greater Houston, Texas area who receive Medicaid coverage through a single Medicaid managed care organization for children in foster care.

This study investigated process and outcomes of the Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) for Young Children and for Adolescents programs implemented as part of routine service delivery in postconflict settings.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether eliminating variation in information presented to multi-disciplinary teams eliminates variation in the proportion accepted for a child protection alert.

This collection of guidance from the UK Department for Education lays out what local authority children’s services need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

This article from the Chronicle of Social Change tells the story of Meritsa Sedillo - a young woman in the U.S. who found herself living on the streets after her grandparents, who were her primary caregivers, died in 2017 - and how she got access to the support and foster care services she needed only through the juvenile justice system.