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 episode of 101 East from AlJazeera tells the story of indigenous families in Australia who have been separated due to a "systematic removal" of indigenous children from their families.
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India is introducing a foster care scheme in which prospective adoptive parents will be given custody of children living in government- or NGO-run orphanages and institutions for a temporary period, according to this article from the Hindu.
This video from the Global Journalist takes a "a look at the debate around institutional child care in developing countries and what might be perpetuating the problem of overseas orphanage scams."
This video tells the story of Rani Hong, born in Kerala, India, who was kidnapped from her family, sold into slavery, and then sold into adoption.
Analysis of a 2016-2017 Report indicates that South Australia spent 65 per cent of its out-of-home care funding on residential care, according to this article from In Daily.
Government institutions and civil society representatives in Jordan have launched a three-year national strategy and action plan aimed at reducing physical violence against children in Jordan at a meeting convened by the National Council for Family Affairs and UNICEF.
A group of Maori — Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand — have arrived in Manitoba, Canada to meet with Indigenous leaders there and share their best practices in reducing the number of Indigenous children in foster care, according to this article from CBC News.
New York City government officials have released a plan to increase kinship care placements in the city, according to this article from the Chronicle of Social Change.
Ahead of a second summit of global leaders and Nobel laureates on children’s rights in Jordan, Indian Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi stated that children are more vulnerable now than ever to trafficking "due to conflicts and natural disasters with millions without homes or families," according to this article from Reuters.
This article from NITV examines Australia's history of forcibly removing indigenous children from their families, and criminalizing them for it.