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Nuevo libro: Infancia: transitando nuevos caminos.

Lecturas y propuestas en torno a la Ley de Protección Integral de los derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes. Un aporte para provincias y municipios.

This guide, published by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, provides a summary of promising practices currently used in recruitment and retention of foster/adoptive families. 

This handbook authored by the World Health Organization Europe and Liverpool John Moores University – based on a series of interviews with the world's leading experts on preventing child maltreatment – provides practical information to policy-makers, practitioners and others on implementing prevention programmes. The handbook describes key principles for selecting and delivering programmes, and important practical considerations, including resources and technical support. 

Udayan Care is calling for the submission of abstracts for their upcoming conference “Improving Standards of Care for Alternative Child & Youth Care: Systems, Policies and Practices.” Submissions are due 1 December 2015.

This qualitative study explores eighteen institutionalized male adolescent Colombian social orphans' perspectives on the nature of their relationships with non-parental adults in their immediate environment.

A 20-year-old woman in South Africa has pleaded guilty to trying sell her child for 5,000 rand ($380) on advertising website Gumtree. The mother faced charges including human trafficking and money laundering, and the 19-month-old boy is now i

Catholic Relief Services is seeking a qualified candidate for Project Director (PD) for the USAID funded Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project. 

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday ordered a judicial probe into the alleged human rights violations at an unregistered orphanage in Trichy district, India.

There are compelling reasons to believe that orphans – many millions due to the AIDS epidemic – are more likely to be sexually victimized during childhood.

UNICEF Belgrade office is seeking proposals from qualified International social policy institutes, research organizations and NGOs for developing a comprehensive study on drivers and determinants of violence against children.