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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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MEASURE Evaluation

New MEASURE Evaluation two-year program will assess and improve Armenia's child protection system, with particular attention to children living in, or at risk of entering, residential care or those left without parental care.

Human Rights Watch

Greek authorities on the island of Lesbos are inaccurately identifying and registering unaccompanied migrant children as adults upon their arrival, denying young people the care and protection they deserve. 

Joseph M. Cheer, Kent Goldsworthy, Leigh Mathews, & Shivani Kanodia - The Conversation

This article describes how orphanage tourism is linked to the exploitation of children and modern slavery. 

Laurie Monsebraaten & Vjosa Isai - TheStar.com

Ontario announced a blueprint for reform of foster care and group homes in the province following a 2016 report, promising increased inspections of group homes and more opportunities for the participation of young people in care. 

Lucy Hillier - Better Care Network

This report from Better Care Network's Care2Practice provides a summary of the 21-22 June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children in All Care Settings through tweets, Facebook posts, videos, photos and other interactive media. 

Martin Punaks - Anti-Slavery Blog

For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of State's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report acknowledges orphanages as a destination point for trafficked children in Nepal. Martin Punaks, of Lumos, discusses orphanage trafficking and the importance of its recognition in the TIP Report, as well as how to build on this momentum moving forward. 

The Korea Herald

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.

Jake Evans - ABC News

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. 

Sun Narin - VOA Khmer

Families of recently reintegrated children in Cambodia express mixed feelings upon their return, reporting concerns about children receiving adequate education and support services after leaving residential care facilities.