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 video from ReThink Orphanages illustrates how orphanage tourism perpetuates the continued institutionalization and exploitation of children.
Save the Children offers six tips on how to volunteer ethically overseas.
This Australia-based company made parental leave more flexible for mothers, fathers, and foster and kinship carers.
Lagos government has announced its concerns about institutionalization and the state's consideration of a review of adoption processes to address current practice gaps.
17.5% of children who need care in Japan live in foster placements, while most of them are living in institutions; an expert panel of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, however, has announced a new goal which prioritizes foster care.
Charity donations to orphanages are causing children harm, says Felicity Hannah in this piece for the UK's Independent.
The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) has launched the Ending Violence Against Children Hub (EVAC Hub) dedicated to better understanding the role of religion and faith actors in protecting children against violence. Policymakers, practitioners and researchers are encouraged to join.
The foster care "hackathon" series explores how technology can be optimized to streamline child welfare systems and improve series to young people in care and their families.
This week the Cambodian government released an explanatory note to educate the public on domestic adoption; however, some express concern whether bolstering domestic adoptions is currently feasible or safe for children.
New research indicates that almost half of England’s 26,340 care leavers are suffering from at least one mental health issue, and 65% of them are not getting help from the government.