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.
The Chinese government is weaving an even stronger protection net for women and children, with a resolute stance voiced and tough measures pledged against human trafficking.
The Trump-era policy was used to expel over 200,000 immigrant families and asylum-seekers
The U.N. refugee agency says more than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country
Social worker Taryn LaMaison is a state worker in Louisiana who provides hands-on guidance for 18- to 21-year-olds who are no longer in traditional foster care because they have officially aged out of the system. She’s what’s known as a LifeSet specialist — a counselor who helps these young adults with everything from where to live to how to find a job.
Sixteen and 17-year-olds in Scotland will not be placed in young offenders institutions, under new plans. The Scottish government said it wanted to end the placement of under 18s in custody "without delay". Instead, ministers said they would fund "care-based alternatives" and shift the approach from "one of punishment to one of love and support".
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that at least 2 million children have been forced to flee Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. UNICEF and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHR) said in a statement that children make up half of all refugees from the ongoing conflict that has continued for over a month.
Forgotten in the calls for a “new normal” and the shuffle toward it are the millions of children around the world whose parent or guardian has died from Covid-19. Their post-pandemic lives will be anything but normal.
Over 100,000 social workers are needed in Bangladesh to adequately respond to the needs of vulnerable children, but currently there are only 3,000 social workers in the country, UNICEF has said.
Schools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils, are still partially or fully closed because of Covid, the United Nations Children's Fund says.
The war in Ukraine upends life for Ukraine's vulnerable children with many more separated from parents in the fighting.