This webinar will provide an overview of child protection system strengthening and the linkages between this approach and care reform.  It will outline the ten components of a system strengthening approach to care reform and provide three examples of putting these components into practice. The examples will be presented by UNICEF country office staff, government agencies and their partners. They will focus on the development of the national care form strategy in Kenya, workforce strengthening for care reform in Rwanda, and care system assessment in Uganda.  

Last year, the SAYes Alumni Group kicked off the first in a series of online networking events by care experienced young people from accross the globe. They are extending this event series into 2022. At the next event the Youth Care Leavers Association, India (YCLA) will lead a presentation "Moving Ahead: Experiences (Challenges and Initiative) of Youth Care Leavers in India" which will then be followed by break-out room discussions for #CEP and #CEP supporters to connect and create new ideas for change.

Dates: 17 January - 11 February 2022

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (Palais Wilson, Ground Floor Conference Room)

The following countries will present state reports for consideration:

Register now for #BICON2021 and join this first of its kind regional forum to discuss ways in which organisations and countries can collaborate to strengthen the rights of children in Asia while preventing family separation. Find out more about this virtual event hosted 8th & 9th December.

This webinar, co-hosted with the Martin James Foundation, will explore lessons learned in the development and strengthening of foster care systems in a number of countries and contexts, including emerging foster care systems in Bulgaria, Uganda, Cambodia, and Bangladesh as well as the more established foster care system in the UK, with a view to examining challenges and successes in implementation. The webinar will be moderated by Rebecca Smith, Global Head of Child Protection Programmes, Save the Children International.

The purpose of this event series is to bring care experienced people and supporters from all over the world together to connect, expand and create new ideas for change. The Uganda Care Leavers Organisation (UCL) will lead this presentation.

This panel will discuss coronavirus-associated caregiver loss and the work being done by the international community, the U.S. government, and faith-based actors to support vulnerable children and turn the tide toward better care. It will be moderated by Gillian Huebner, executive director of the Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues.

Developed by Family for Every Child's Disability Working Group, the toolkit aims to strengthen the capacity of CSOs, social workers, service providers, government institutions and Members of the Family Alliance to include children with disabilities and their families in their advocacy, service delivery or other work. During the workshop, Disability Working Group members will share more on the purpose and vision of the toolkit, and demonstrate how to use it. 

African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has organized a Pan-African event under the theme “The Economic Case for Investing in Children and Celebrating Model Practices in Africa”. The event will be held virtually on 18th November 2021 at 16:00-18:00 hrs (EAT).

The webinar will share findings detailed in a policy brief that features an increased focus on the well-being and working conditions of caregivers in the informal economy. The brief highlights the need to consider sustainable policy and protection responses instead of quick, short-term measures for more disability inclusive, gender-transformative, and equitable solutions.