This event taking place in Geneva at the Palais des Nations on 20 September between 3.00-4.50 pm CET is to celebrate the one year anniversary of the joint statement on illegal intercountry adoption issued by the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The concept note and agenda for this event is attached.

The 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals with high-level political guidance on transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030.

The Centre for the Study of Social Policy's Strengthening Families is hosting a webinar to share new resources and opportunities from national and state Strengthening Families partners and to answer questions about Strengthening Families implementation. 

Experiences of risk and trauma within and beyond the family often intersect with stigma, discrimination and social inequalities. The risk of disadvantage may be exacerbated by discrimination linked to poverty, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, as well as the stigma of child welfare intervention itself. EuSARF 2023 will address these critical themes through discussions across countries, reflecting together on the role of child welfare services in challenging inequity and enabling social justice for people whose life chances may be jeopardised by risks within and beyond the family

During this webinar, participants will explore the role of the Catholic Church in separating children from families during slavery in the United States.

The 5th Biennial International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia (BICON) will take place over two days, on 6-7th September 2023, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

During this webinar, participants will examine the current situation, provide historical context, and discuss the response. Ukrainian organizations engaged in the frontline response will share their perspectives, and participants will consider how the international community can support family tracing and reunification.

Join ECDAN for the launch of the Nurturing Care Framework Progress Report 2018-2023: Reflections and Looking Forward. This webinar will reflect on achievements (2018 to 2023) across the five strategic actions of the Framework and define areas that merit further attention going forward.

On 21-22 June 2023, the UK jointly with Ukraine will host the international Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2023) in London