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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In this reflective blog by UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, he marks the first anniversary of the Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform, launched to promote global action towards ending institutional care and ensuring every child grows up in a safe, nurturing family.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine nears its fourth year, thousands of children have been orphaned, wounded, displaced, or forced into adult roles, with their lives unfolding in hospitals, temporary homes, and courtrooms far from the front lines.
The blog describes a visit to a Swedish Family Centre, where health, education, and social support services for families with young children are co-located under one roof to provide early, preventative, and relationship-based support.
The Irish Times reports that vulnerable children in Ireland’s care system are spending up to three years in “unregulated” emergency accommodation because of severe shortages in suitable, regulated placements.
The article reports that a new batch of case reports from child protection court proceedings in Ireland reveals “significant and serious systemic issues” in the country’s care system, according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which welcomed the resumed work of the Child Law Project.
The article highlights a deeply troubling crisis facing street-connected children in Pakistan, who remain largely invisible to authorities and are subject to widespread sexual exploitation and abuse, exacerbated by poverty, lack of safe shelter, limited social services, and criminalisation of str
This UNICEF article examines how violent discipline, both physical and psychological, remains widespread across Europe and Central Asia, often occurring in homes or care settings behind closed doors despite legal bans and policy commitments in many countries.
The article explains that while Islamic law is often said to forbid adoption in the Western sense, where a child’s identity and lineage are legally replaced by those of adoptive parents, this misses the well-established Islamic alternative of kafala, a guardianship system that allows non-biologic
The opinion argues that the recent U.S.