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 article from the New York Times tells the stroy of Mirian, and other parents, who arrived to the U.S. from Central American and whose children were taken from them upon arrival.
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This article from Freedom United highglights the ways in which Australians, through tourism and donations, are contributing to the fueling of the orphanage industry in Southeast Asia, and the moves the Australian government is making to address this.
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.