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 Government of Malta, through the Ministry for Social Policy and Children's Rights, is close to launching a formal After-Care Policy to support young people leaving residential alternative care, aiming to offer them stability, opportunities, and continued support beyond childhood services.
This article talks about how the Western Cape Department of Social Development in South Africa has launched a new Independent Living pilot programme aimed at supporting young adults as they exit alternative care after turning 18, addressing the gap that exists when state support ends at adulthood
This article describes how the U.S.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine nears its fourth year, thousands of children have been orphaned, wounded, displaced, or forced into adult roles, with their lives unfolding in hospitals, temporary homes, and courtrooms far from the front lines.
The Irish Times reports that vulnerable children in Ireland’s care system are spending up to three years in “unregulated” emergency accommodation because of severe shortages in suitable, regulated placements.
The article reports that a new batch of case reports from child protection court proceedings in Ireland reveals “significant and serious systemic issues” in the country’s care system, according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which welcomed the resumed work of the Child Law Project.
The article highlights a deeply troubling crisis facing street-connected children in Pakistan, who remain largely invisible to authorities and are subject to widespread sexual exploitation and abuse, exacerbated by poverty, lack of safe shelter, limited social services, and criminalisation of str
This UNICEF article examines how violent discipline, both physical and psychological, remains widespread across Europe and Central Asia, often occurring in homes or care settings behind closed doors despite legal bans and policy commitments in many countries.
The blog describes a visit to a Swedish Family Centre, where health, education, and social support services for families with young children are co-located under one roof to provide early, preventative, and relationship-based support.
In this article, Hasht-e Subh reports that the Taliban has abruptly closed private orphanages across Afghanistan, seized their assets, and transferred thousands of vulnerable children into state-run facilities under Taliban control—raising deep concern among former orphanage staff and citizens ab