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.
Historical discrimination, reduced resources, cultural misunderstandings, and legal uncertainties create a challenging environment for migrant families
Doing away with the rule that limited foster care to married couples, the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has now permitted single individuals — including those who are unmarried, widowed, divorced, or legally separated — aged 35 to 60 years, to foster a child and adopt after two years, according to the recently released revised Model Foster Care Guidelines.
The Government of Kenya, through partners and other stakeholders, is scaling up the National Care Reform Strategy that seeks to transition about 85,000 children in more than 900 institutions to family and community-based care.
Victoria is removing more First Nations children from their families than any other state in the country, and at almost twice the national rate, according to new data from the Productivity Commission.
A new foster care campaign has launched in Western Australia that embraces inclusivity, via Initiative Media.
Israel has allowed severely wounded and seriously ill children to leave Gaza. They will get medical treatment outside that territory. This evacuation was planned for Sunday but was delayed. Israel blocked it after an unrelated attack far to the north over the weekend. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.
The 17th session of United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMPRIP) was held in Geneva this month, highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removals.
The program to reunite children living in care homes with families is now ready for national rollout following successful preliminary trials in 13 of the 47 counties.
US gov’t report finds dozens of marked and unmarked graves at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend.
The Cambodia Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation launched its “Policy on Alternative Care for Children” to further prioritise the well-being of all children in Cambodia, including those whose circumstances require that they be cared for outside of a traditional family environment.