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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.

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Libya Herald

Libyan municipalities have now begun banning militias from using children under the age of 18. 

Maricel Cruz - Manila Standard

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.

Diane Taylor - The Guardian

Refugee Youth Service 8-week mapping project monitors 22 unaccompanied migrant children on the move in Europe.

Kok Xing Hui - Straits Times

Four new group homes with smaller staff to child ratios are being set up in Singapore for children with greater needs and especially challenging behaviors. Staff will be trained using new 'Training Framework for Residential Care,' in which Malaysian government has invested $7 million over four years.

You Soo-sun - The Korea Times

The recent death of a deported Korean adoptee ignites adoptee-led organizations to call on the Korean government to end the "industrialized international adoption" system in South Korea. 

Kate Lyons - The Guardian

Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being forced to beg for food by abusive teachers in Qur'anic schools just one year after government crackdown on the issue. 

Sean Callahan, Georgette Mulheir, and Philip Goldman - The CRUX

Directors of Catholic Relief Services, Maestral International, and Lumos discuss the negative implications of institutionalizing children and how their proposed project "Changing the Way We Care" will make an impact for the millions of children living outside family care worldwide. 

Halya Postliuk - Hope and Homes for Children

This article provides a summary of the findings from the first comprehensive audit of Ukraine’s child protection system, conducted by Hope and Homes for Children. 

Maya Sharma & Nehal Kidwai - NDTV

When three missing children living in an Bengaluru orphanage were brought to register for Aadhaar cards (India's resident identification card), it was discovered they already had cards issued in their names. Authorities were able to track their parents using the card, and the children were reunited with their families. 

Tim O'Brien - The Irish Times

Improvements to Ireland's Child and Family Agency Tusla’s foster care system - including proper checks, increased social workers and staff, and out-of-hours telephone and emergency support - will be implemented later this year.