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 reports a 45% increase in the number of children in England waiting for adoption since 2022, while the number of approved adopters has fallen by around 42%.
This article describes how the Ukrainian government is advancing a draft law on housing policy (Draft Law No. 12377), which guarantees that orphans and children deprived of parental care will receive temporary or social housing within one month of leaving institutional care, while retaining the r
This Human Rights Watch (HRW) article reports that France is committing serious, systematic violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, citing a UN body’s findings that flawed age‑assessment processes leave many children misclassified as adults and excluded from protection. I
This article from CELCIS explores the Scottish Government’s consultation on creating a universal definition of “care experience”, advocating for language and policy that reflect diverse cultural contexts—including those of people from the Global South now living in Scotland.
The Byline Times article “The Stolen Children Scandal in Syria Exposes a Deeper Problem in SOS Care” by Dr. Justin Rogers exposes serious allegations that the Syrian regime, under Bashar al-Assad, has been using orphanages—including some run by the global NGO SOS Children’s Villages—to hide children who were taken from detainees or regime critics.
This news article discusses how high-level representatives – including ministers, senior decision-makers, professionals, and children – from across the European Union and the wider Europe and Central Asia region met on October 13, 2025 in Bucharest for a two-day regional ministerial conference de
The piece argues that while the U.S. Family First Prevention Services Act was designed to promote in-home supports and carefully prevent children’s removal, its implementation has often fallen short—especially where oversight, funding equity, and culturally-responsive services are lacking.
This OHCHR press release highlights a report by UN Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh, warning that children living or working in street situations are among the most marginalized and neglected groups worldwide.
This article highlights New Zealand’s kinship care movement, where relatives or close family friends step in to care for children when parents are unable to.
This Wall Street Journal article recounts the unraveling of Sovann Komar (“Golden Children”), a Cambodian orphanage founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Ross Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and her local collaborator Sothea Arun.