Uganda

The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents.

This article presents a systematic review of the existing knowledge of the situation of recently arrived refugee children in the host country. 

In this article from Brain Pickings, the author, Maria Popova, reviews the book ‘Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection,’ by Deborah Blum, which details the work of researcher Harry Harlow to identify and underscore the importance of parental/caregiver affection on children’s development. 

Ghana’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has sent a formal request to the Hague to become a signatory of the Convention, according to this article from Graphic Online. Ghana has begun the process of formalizing its child welfare procedures, including foster care and adoption, in an effort to comply with international standards.

The purpose of this paper is to map the current organisation and implementation of children’s services in three regions of Spain, to identify strengths and gaps and to suggest proposals for improvement in line with European recommendations.

Establishing the context of this study of adoptive parenthood and open adoption, MacDonald describes the legal, policy, and social frameworks that shape the experience of adoptive parenthood. The role of adoption in child welfare policy is identified, specifically in the UK and USA where it provides permanence for significant numbers of children in State care.

According to the article, the ChildSafe Movement has now “revamped” its company certification, which recognizes tourism companies for their dedication to child protection and commitment to ChildSafe’s 7 Standards by granting them a “ChildSafe Certification.” 

This report from Research in Practice examines the wellbeing of children in care in the UK and the approaches to measuring wellbeing.

The 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, issued by the U.S. State Department to grade countries on their anti-slavery efforts, has identified the forced begging of children by their teachers as Senegal’s primary trafficking problem, according to the article.

Save the date for Eurochild's conference Children’s Rights Matter: Why Europe needs to invest in children on 5-7 July 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. This conference aims to promote the understanding of children’s rights as a cornerstone to the development of equitable, healthy and prosperous societies.