Portugal

Un grupo internacional formado por varias agencias ofrece una capacitación gratuita (MOOC): "Súmese a otros colegas internacionales: Asegurar un cuidado adecuado para todos los niños: Implementando las Directrices sobre las Modalidades Alternativas de Cuidado de los Niños de la ONU." 

This free massive online open course (MOOC) delves into what the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children look like in practice.

This chapter from the book Resilience and the Re-integration of Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa is comprised of two studies. The first study provides an analysis of the psychological situation of street children and youth in Yaoundé and Douala, while the second one deals with resilience building within a rehabilitation home.

New research has revealed that nearly half of Kenyan mothers with disabled babies are pressured to kill them.

SPOON is seeking an experienced advocacy professional to serve as their Policy and Advocacy Advisor.

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the Compass of Shame Scale using an adolescent sample, to investigate if its internal structure was valid for diverse adolescent subsamples, and to gather evidence on the construct validity of the instrument.

In the present exploratory study 69 case-files of children referred to a Dutch national center for residential youth care for children with intellectual disabilities (ID) were analyzed to assess the prevalence and associations of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

This article from Thomas Reuters Foundation News highlights findings from a recent study by Disability Rights International which explored the stigma around children with disabilities in Kenya, and the ways in which that stigma leads to child abandonment, institutionalization, and even infanticide.

An important goal of out of home care is to prepare the family and child for reunification. Practitioners are often required to make the decision whether to reunify a foster child with their biological family. This study examines this complex reunification decision in Portugal.

Framed around compelling case studies explaining why children are on the move in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania, this book explores the jurisprudence and processes used by nations to adjudicate children’s protection claims.