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.
In this episode of BBC World Service Radio, Shannon Sennefield of Catholic Relief Services describes the importance of the 'Changing the Way We Care' project, a semi-finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change grant.
The UN designated 2017 as the International Year of Tourism for Sustainable Development. Orphanage tourism, however, has not been noted as a protection concern in the World Tourism Organization's draft convention on tourism ethics.
Russian children have been found in orphanages throughout Iraq after their parents moved to the country to join radicals of the Islamic State (IS).
A letter to Australia's Attorney General and Justice Minister is being drafted by the foreign affairs and aid subcommittee to recommend an immediate ban on Australia's involvement in orphanage tourism.
With Australia's recent efforts to end orphanage tourism, Education Minister Simon Birmingham has declared that he intends to reduce the involvement and support of Asutralian schools and universities in orphanage tourism.
In this BBC Radio interview, Jane Garvey speaks to Australian Senator Linda Reynolds, CEO of Australian Christian Churches International Relief Rebecca Nhep, and CEO of Lumos Georgette Mulheir about the motivation behind Australia's potential ban on orphanage tourism.
Indian adoptees living all over the world search for their biological families and discover they were trafficked into orphanages and adopted by families overseas, often unbeknownst to their biological parents.
This article describes a 60 Minutes interview with Tara Winkler, co-founder of Cambodian Children's Trust, about the exploitation of children in orphanages, the harm caused by orphanage tourism, and Australia's potential ban on orphanage tourism.
An inspection of children's homes in the Mukono Municipality of Uganda revealed that most were not meeting minimum standards; in response, municipality leaders have suspended the registration of new children's homes and orphanages in the area.
In this interview, neuroscientist Nim Tottenham discusses the impact of institutional caregiving on children's development.