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According to this article from BBC News, "at a US border detention centre in the Texan desert, migrant children have been living in alarming conditions - where disease is rampant, food can be dangerous and there are reports of sexual abuse, an investigation by the BBC has found through interviews with staff and children."
Join this online event to learn what kinship care looks like in different contexts and why recognising it is so important.
Accurate and reliable data on children living in residential care institutions are essential. However, these children are not identified through household surveys and, as a result, are not typically included in official national statistics on key indicators of child well-being. This includes indicators that comprise global monitoring frameworks, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. To help address this data gap, UNICEF has developed the first-ever comprehensive package to collect data on children living in residential care settings. Claudia Cappa, Senior Adviser for Statistics and Monitoring, Data and Analytics Section, DAPM/UNICEF HQ, explains more.
This overview considers the effect of the pandemic on street-connected children, meaning those who live or work on or have another strong connection to the street, and those who work with them. It draws on data gathered from members of the Consortium for Street Children’s network of over 180 community organisations, national and international non-governmental organisations, researchers, advocates and on-the-ground practitioners working in 135 countries.
This article from the Indian Express shares the stories of very young children in the state of Punjab, India who have been orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lumos is seeking a director to lead the transition into the global centre for systems change.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that "a tax-payer funded Catholic foster agency in Philadelphia was free to turn away same-sex couples as foster parents on religious grounds."
Join IPAN to hear from Micheal Redhead Champagne as he explores how to make the most of social media to support your advocacy and activism for parents', families' and children's rights.
The recent discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada has prompted the question: "Are there similar burial sites at U.S. Indian boarding schools?," says this article from Indian Country Today.
This two-part launch event reveals research, insights, and a new, 7-point plan for how to achieve equality in care work, launched in this year’s State of the World’s Fathers 2021 report.