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 CBC News tells the story of Robert Kalkman, a victim of Canada's "Sixties Scoop" who was taken away from his Indigenous mother as a baby by child welfare services and adopted by a non-native family.
In this piece for the Huffington Post, founder of World Future Council Jakob von Uexkull, writes about Zanzibar's Children's Act of 2011 and how it has been implemented and enforced to improve child protection practices in Zanzibar.
South Korea is considering ratifying the Hague Adoption Convention, according to this article from the Korea Times.
According to this article from the New York Times, the Trump administration in the US has approved a new policy to separate parents from their children when being detained for illegal entry into the country.
This article from the Huffington Post was taken from a speech delivered by CEO of Lumos, Georgette Mulheir, in Bogotá, Colombia at the One Young World 2017 Summit in October.
"Christian leaders who oversee programs that help orphans and vulnerable children say large orphanages are on the decline.
Thousands of refugees have been left stranded in camps in Greece and Italy, awaiting entry into Europe, according to this article from ITV News. Some of these refugees include unaccompanied minors and families who have been separated in the move from their countries of origin and are hoping for reunification.
This article from the Associated Press highlights efforts made in several countries and regions around the world to reintegrate children out of institutions and into families.
This opinion piece by Jana Hainsworth, secretary general of Eurochild and director of the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign, calls on Romania to "use its presidency of the EU Council to champion the move from old-style care institutions to community-based child care and show other EU member states it can be done."
A children's home in Hyderabad, India has been forcing its residents to beg on the streets, according to this article from the Deccan Chronicle.