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SELANGOR – A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for abusing several boys under his care. The sentence was handed down after Muhammad Barur Rahim Hisam pleaded guilty to four charges levelled against him.
This paper draws on the experiences of children and young people (CYP) who have self-placed in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Queensland (Australia) and the impact of that choice on their participation in decision-making.
Legislation aimed at better protecting youth sent to residential treatment centers in California — a bill inspired by an Imprint and San Francisco Chronicle investigation — has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Attention child protection professionals, share your insights on alternative care in humanitarian settings. Your feedback will shape new resources and updates to the ACE Toolkit which is critical for both humanitarian and development actors working in alternative care and care reform. Deadline is September 27.
The 2023 assessment of Diocesan Family Life Departments (FLDs) in Kenya, conducted by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) in collaboration with Changing the Way We Care℠ (CTWWC), highlights the Church’s critical role in advancing care
In 2023, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) conducted a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) survey, in partnership with Changing the Way We Care℠ (CTWWC), to assess the readiness of Catholic church leadership and workers i
This study aimed to gather data on Catholic Church Children’s Charitable Institutions (CCI) operations in Kenya, the children they serve, and the challenges they face, to inform future care reform strategies.
Guatemala, con una población en aumento que proyecta alcanzar los 17.8 millones de habitantes para 2024, enfrenta serios desafíos sociales y económicos, especialmente en áreas vulnerables como el municipio de Zacapa.
This learning brief explores the formalization and replication of Kafaalah, an Islamic practice of caring for orphans and vulnerable children, as an alternative family-based care option in Kenya.
This study examined the categories that states use to classify and govern migrants. Unaccompanied minors and adult asylum seekers are treated very differently regarding their asylum cases and residence permits. The study focused on Germany, where the courts and youth welfare offices commission age assessments to decide whether young migrants will be considered minors or adults. These assessments are carried out by forensic medical examiners and social workers, respectively, who work with very different understandings of what constitutes age.
