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.
The Byline Times article “The Stolen Children Scandal in Syria Exposes a Deeper Problem in SOS Care” by Dr. Justin Rogers exposes serious allegations that the Syrian regime, under Bashar al-Assad, has been using orphanages—including some run by the global NGO SOS Children’s Villages—to hide children who were taken from detainees or regime critics.
This OHCHR press release highlights a report by UN Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh, warning that children living or working in street situations are among the most marginalized and neglected groups worldwide.
This news article discusses how high-level representatives – including ministers, senior decision-makers, professionals, and children – from across the European Union and the wider Europe and Central Asia region met on October 13, 2025 in Bucharest for a two-day regional ministerial conference de
The piece argues that while the U.S. Family First Prevention Services Act was designed to promote in-home supports and carefully prevent children’s removal, its implementation has often fallen short—especially where oversight, funding equity, and culturally-responsive services are lacking.
This Wall Street Journal article recounts the unraveling of Sovann Komar (“Golden Children”), a Cambodian orphanage founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Ross Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and her local collaborator Sothea Arun.
El artículo de Contraeditorial presenta una entrevista con Dana Borzese, directora de Doncel, quien advierte que Argentina atraviesa un momento crítico para las infancias debido al desmantelamiento de las políticas nacionales de cuidado.
This article from the Guardian discusses the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza where thousands of children have lost one or both parents amid war, and many are severely wounded and without any surviving family.
On October 2, 2025, Kenya’s government, civil society organizations, and child protection practitioners met with Lumos Kenya to launch “costed, holistic and systematic care reform roadmaps” and case management process plans to transition children from institutional care into family‐ and community‐based care.
This Reuters article reports that the Trump administration is offering unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody a one-time stipend of US $2,500 to voluntarily return to their countries of origin.
This news article reports that South Korea has formally joined the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, over 30 years after the treaty’s adoption.