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A proposed class-action suit was filed on Monday in British Columbia Supreme Court, alleging that "a Catholic order shuffled known abusers from a notorious Newfoundland orphanage to two schools in the Vancouver area where more boys were victimized," according to this article from CBC News.

According to this article from BBC News, "The Netherlands is suspending all adoptions from abroad with immediate effect, after an official inquiry found many abuses."

This tool, part of the Inter-Agency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action, offers guidance on age verification, including when children have no birth certificates or other documentation, or have lost these during a crisis.

This article from the Associated Press describes efforts in Egypt to promote the practice of Kafala, "an alternative care system under which adults can become guardians of orphaned children."

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is seeking a consultant to prepare the text of this year’s State of the Social Service Workforce Report, which will address the ‘State of the SSW during and beyond COVID-19,’ and offer input for charts/graphs/tables to the graphic design firm that will provide professional editing and layout.

The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a technical note on the role and functions of the social service workforce for social protection through the life course.

The Global Studies of Childhood journal is soliciting an interdisciplinary collection of articles exploring a range of fields concerned with promoting wellbeing and education outcomes amongst children who have experienced separation from their family and may also have experience of a (re-)integration process into family and/or community life.

According to this article from the Global Sisters Report, "Catholic sisters in three African nations — Uganda, Zambia and Kenya — are leading the way in creating new models for caring for children."

According to this article from the New York Times, "a Pennsylvania [USA] man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 15 years in prison for abusing four underage girls in Kenya, where he had operated an orphanage for about a decade before returning home, the authorities said."

This video tells the story of Kaloyan and Maria, twins who spent the first five months of their lives in an orphanage because social prejudice and poor health meant their parents could not care for them alone.