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.
This opinion piece from the New York Times explores the ways in which "Americans are helping to take children in poor countries away from their parents," particularly in Latin America, through support of orphanages abroad.
This article describes some of the hardships faced by orphaned children in Malawi, including the harms and stigma of being placed in an orphanage, and the need for reform in the care system in the country.
This photo essay from the Associated Press draws attention to the children living in Iraq's orphanages.
This article from All Africa describes the recent investigation by Disability Rights International into the conditions of institutions and child homes in Kenya.
Four people in Bali and East Java, Indonesia have been arrested for allegedly selling babies for adoption on Instagram, according to this article.
This article from GroundUp describes the high prevalance of delays experienced by those seeking foster care grants in South Africa.
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has completed its draft National Child Policy, according to this article from Newsday.
This article from Reuters calls attention to the large numbers of indigenous children growing up in care in Brazil, particularly in the southwestern state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
This article describes the history and current status of the US Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a bill designed to protect indigenous children in the US from being removed unnecessarily from their families of origin.
This article from The Citizen discusses the situation of "unsafe abandonments" of infants in South Africa.