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.
Since South Korea's adoption of a law banning adoption agencies from accepting undocumented babies, the number of infants abandoned in the country have increased.
The Australian Capital Territory has the highest rate of indigenous children in care in Australia, and the Aboriginal community is calling for more cultural understanding from the child protection system.
This blog post from Ayana Journeys offers alternatives to orphanage volunteering for those looking to "do good" while traveling.
A police investigation found 28 children trafficked into an orphanage in Kerala, India, prompting the formation of an investigative task force to verify the identities and credentials of children living in institutions.
On 18-19 July 2017, a diverse range of leaders will convene in New York for Children Count: Closing the Data Gap to develop recommendations for how governments can be supported to collect accurate data on children outside family care to ensure no child is left behind.
Major airline American Airlines has committed to fight human trafficking and child exploitation by joining The Code.
The Headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) hosted international experts and officials at UNWTO headquarters in Madrid to discuss the persisting issue of the sexual exploitation of children in the tourism industry.
Rep. Gloria Macapagal has filed a bill entitled "Act Codifying the Alternative Child Care Laws of the Philippines" to address the worsening problem of neglected and “overage children,” who are often labeled unfit for adoption.
This podcast episode of Reveal explores the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children involved in Texas's foster care system.
The Guardian discusses the repercussions of funding and volunteering in Haitian orphanages, based on the findings from Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children’s Rights, a recent Lumos report.