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 from the Guardian describes the situation of the many children around the world who go "uncounted" or who "fall off the radar," due to institutionalization or separation from families.
The United States is the only member of the United Nations that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and child poverty in the U.S. remains one of the highest amongst developed nations.
In this article, the researcher Charles Nelon describes the impacts of psychosocial deprivation, common among children living in institutions, on children's development and its relationship to autism.
Newstalk reports Tusla’s Dublin South Central foster care service failed to meet all HIQA standards.
This article shows that little has been done to change the situation for street children in Salvador.
This news article describes the plight of India's missing children, focusing on efforts to end child trafficking in the country.
In this blog post from Stahili, Madara Žgute reflects on her experience in an orphanage in Ghana and cautions against volunteering at orphanages.
News24 reports EU announced steps to better protect child migrants under the risk of abuse.
Man's rescue reveals a begging syndicate that exploits orphans.
This story from the BBC features Indonesia's left behind children.