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 article shares the stories of girl child soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and their experiences of sexual abuse and exploitation and reintegrating into community and family life.
This news article reports an estimated 5,000 children were taken from poor families to be adopted by rich families in the United States between 1924 and 1950, orchestrated by Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home Society of Memphis.
This article, published in Glamour, discusses the 2017 "State of the World's Fathers" report and the need to redefine traditional caregiver roles.
Many children living in Nepalese orphanages are not truly "orphans," but were rather trafficked into orphanages after their families were falsely promised their children would be brought to boarding schools to receive an education. Next Generation Nepal aims to reunite trafficked children with their families.
Introduced this April, the Child Welfare Inclusion Act of 2017 could allow adoption and foster care agencies to claim religious or moral objections to fostering LGBTQ youth or providing services for LGBTQ couples looking to adopt.
Ghanaian children called on the government to appropriately implement policies designed to protect children from being forced into acts that deprive them of their livelihoods and interfere with their ability to attend regular school.
This Stahili article reports on the 75th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and its recommendations to seven countries on alternative care.
Homeless immigrant families approaching local athorities for housing in the U.K. have been told social services would accommodate the children but not their parents.
Guatemala arrested three human rights officials and two police officers for their alleged responsibility in the death of 41 girls who died in a blaze in a children's shelter.
This article features the stories of undocumented children in South Africa and the adversities they face due to their legal status. Robyn Wolfson Vorster makes the case for reform, arguing the country's current policies surrounding undocumented children are neither productive nor economically advantageous.