Throughout the year, the BCN Secretariat disseminates the latest research, tools, news, videos, opportunities and events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe through its monthly newsletter. The newsletter membership has expanded from just over 300 participants in 2003 to over 3,400 from across the world in 2024.
Special Issues of the newsletter are also published, often in partnership with key actors in the sector, focusing on a particular theme, country or region to draw attention to the growing body of knowledge developing on the issue or context and to help busy practitioners keep abreast of learning and changes. If you want to share a resource or propose a theme for a special issue, please contact us at contact@bettercarenetwork.org
This issue of the BCN newsletter highlights the latest research, news, videos, events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe. It features several resources on children's care during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a resource which examines the links between the institutionalisation of children and human trafficking, a study of U.S. Christian beliefs around and support for orphanages and other forms of residential care for children, and an overview of care reform in Malawi, among others.
This issue of the BCN newsletter highlights the latest research, news, videos, events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe. It features several resources on children's care during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a resource on a system strengthening approach to care reform in Eastern and Southern Africa, an analysis of global trends in child marriage, and a report on providing family-based care in a refugee context focussing on four refugee camps in Tigray, Ethiopia, among others.
This month's newsletter focuses on the 2021 CRC Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care. A rich body of learning, experiences, and recommendations was contributed through the DGD process and this newsletter provides links to these resources to ensure they are widely shared.
This issue of the BCN newsletter introduced the new Country Care Snapshots on the BCN website and highlights the latest research, news, videos, events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe.
This month’s issue of the BCN newsletter, published in partnership with Child Identity Protection, focuses on the protection of identity rights for children in care, at risk of being placed in care, or otherwise separated from their families (or at risk thereof).
This issue of the BCN newsletter published in partnership with the UNICEF Ghana country office focuses on progress of care reforms in Ghana.
This month’s issue of the Better Care Network newsletter is published in partnership with the Government of Kenya, the National Council for Children’s Services (NCCS), the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Department of Children’s Services, and UNICEF Kenya, with support from Changing the Way We Care. It features the voices of several key stakeholders, including those with lived experience of residential care, in order to tell the story of care reform efforts in Kenya.
This issue of the BCN newsletter highlights the latest research, news, videos, events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe.
This month’s issue of the BCN newsletter, published in partnership with Eurochild, provides insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable children and families - including children in alternative care - and highlights recommendations for prioritizing children in COVID-19 recovery efforts across the globe, with a particular focus on Europe.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on children with disabilities and includes the recordings of several recent virtual events focused on the care of children with disabilities and preventing their institutionalization.
