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 COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the judicial practice in cases of international adoption," says this article from the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).
This article from Express Informer describes the intergenerational impacts of the trauma experienced by Indigenous children in Canada's residential schools.
"The discovery of an unmarked grave holding the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children, including one possibly as young as age 3, has shaken Canada," says this article from the Christian Science Monitor.
"Indigenous Canadians are mourning the loss of 215 children whose remains were found in a mass grave at a former residential school in British Columbia," says this article from KUOW.
Article from TIME reports fewer Americans are adopting internationally.
This article from BBC News described how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated families across India, orphaning many children.
"North Korean state media has claimed that orphans are volunteering to work in state-run mines and farms," according to this article from BBC News.
"The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed States and union territories to submit data of all children, who have been orphaned or have lost one of their parents to Covid-19," says this article from Big News Network.
"The discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school in British Columbia prompted outpourings of grief and questions as efforts to identify the students began," says this article from the Washington Post.
"Unmarked graves containing the remains of 215 children have been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people," says this article from BBC News.