This document includes the keynote address given on the first day of the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings by Ruth Wacuka, Kenya Society of Careleavers. 

In this video message, Marta Santos Pais, SRSG on Violence against Children, addresses the June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings. 

General Comment 21, issued by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, provides guidance to States on developing comprehensive, long-term national strategies on children in street situations, utilizing a child rights approach and addressing both prevention and response in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

The aim of this study is to show young people's feelings about their experiences with participation in decision-making in public care in the United States.

This guide from Coram Voice in the UK provides guidance to youth leaving or aging out of the foster care system, including informing care-leavers of their rights.

This chapter examines stories that foster care youth tell to legislatures, courts, policymakers, and the public to influence policy decisions in the US. 

This report summarises the findings from the 611 children and young people who completed the Bright Spots’ ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey on their experiences in care.

This collection of poetry and writing throws the spotlight on living 'in care' - a subject rarely explored in literature and yet experienced by more than 60,000 children in the UK every year.

This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.

This article highlights effective approaches to staying connected with (i.e., recruiting, relocating, and retaining) youth participants who have transitioned out of foster care in longitudinal research studies.