Better Care Network highlights recent news pieces related to the issue of children's care around the world. These pieces include newspaper articles, interviews, audio or video clips, campaign launches, and more.
This article describes how the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in Ireland, Norma Foley, has announced the start of a consultation process for the forthcoming “National Policy Framework on Alternative Care” which aims to shape Ireland’s approach for the approximately 5,000 children
This Guardian article tells the story of Craig, who became homeless at 13 after running away from a children’s home in Nottingham.
The piece reveals how children born to unmarried mothers in Saudi Arabia are routinely denied legal status, proper birth registration, healthcare and education because their existence challenges strict societal and legal norms.
This article describes how Lumos, founded by J.K.
The article highlights how Moldova has dramatically reduced the number of children in institutional care from around 17,000 to just 700, with an ambitious goal of closing all orphanage‑style institutions by 2027.
This article from BBC discusses how a number of individuals adopted as children into the United States are now at risk of deportation because their citizenship status was never formally secured. It highlights personal stories of adoptees who, despite growing up in the U.S.
In the piece, the Association of Orphanages and Homes Operators of Nigeria (ASOHON) Southern Nigeria chapter calls for stronger collaboration between orphanage operators, government agencies and other stakeholders to build a more inclusive, family‑oriented child‑care system in Nigeria.
This article from UNICEF Innocenti announces the launch of a global research initiative to advance evidence, innovation, and policy solutions for children who lack appropriate family care — especially in low‑ and middle‑income countries.
This article reports a 45% increase in the number of children in England waiting for adoption since 2022, while the number of approved adopters has fallen by around 42%.
This article describes how the Ukrainian government is advancing a draft law on housing policy (Draft Law No. 12377), which guarantees that orphans and children deprived of parental care will receive temporary or social housing within one month of leaving institutional care, while retaining the r