Uganda

This article describes the large numbers of unaccompanied children who have fled Burundi in the wake of political violence, and the efforts by aid agencies in bordering countries such as Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania to support them.

The 2nd Annual Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Symposium was held on June 10, 2015. The full webcast, presentations, and summary are now available.

This first annual report from the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, published on June 10, 2015, sheds light on the social service workforce, an important group of people who help to ensure that effective prevention and support services reach those who need it most.

This video was launched alongside the first ever “State of the World’s Fathers” report, produced by the MenCare Campaign. The video features interviews with fathers, mothers, and children.

This article describes the experiences of Inuit children from Greenland who were removed from their families and taken to Denmark in the 1950s in an effort by the Danish government to re-educate them as “Little Danes” and to “modernize” Greenland.

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

The current study seeks to examine the social images associated with children and youth in residential care and the respective care institutions in Portugal.

This study reports on results of a national survey conducted in the United States about the attitudes, perceptions, and utilization of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in residential care settings.

The Permanent Mission of New Zealand and the Delegation of the European Union will be hosting a Side Event during the 8th Conference of States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entitled: ‘Deinstitutionalization, Social Protection and the SDGs: The Way Forward.’

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.