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.
Victoria is removing more First Nations children from their families than any other state in the country, and at almost twice the national rate, according to new data from the Productivity Commission.
The 17th session of United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMPRIP) was held in Geneva this month, highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removals.
The program to reunite children living in care homes with families is now ready for national rollout following successful preliminary trials in 13 of the 47 counties.
US gov’t report finds dozens of marked and unmarked graves at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend.
The Cambodia Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation launched its “Policy on Alternative Care for Children” to further prioritise the well-being of all children in Cambodia, including those whose circumstances require that they be cared for outside of a traditional family environment.
Israel has allowed severely wounded and seriously ill children to leave Gaza. They will get medical treatment outside that territory. This evacuation was planned for Sunday but was delayed. Israel blocked it after an unrelated attack far to the north over the weekend. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.
Guatemala’s government has given temporary residency to 207 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds, after they fled across the border last week to escape drug violence.
On 24 July 2024, the Council of Europe project “Protecting the Rights of Armenian Children in Post-Conflict Context” organised a roundtable discussion with a view to support Armenia's efforts in deinstitutionalisation reform and enhance the protection of the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.
PM declares ‘dark and sorrowful day’ as royal commission details decades of abuse in state and faith-based institutions
The birth of David (not his real name) was regarded as an evil omen. Aged barely three weeks old, his mother shoved him into a dusty sack of iron nails and dumped him at a construction site at Marereni village in Kilifi, leaving him to the elements.