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 3,216 from across the world in 2026.
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
The March 2026 Better Care Network newsletter highlights new research, tools, and learning opportunities focused on strengthening care systems for children without adequate family care.
The March 2026 Better Care Network newsletter highlights new research, tools, and learning opportunities focused on strengthening care systems for children without adequate family care. This edition features publications on children's care and protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, clientelism in residential care facilities, deinstitutionalization and disability rights, and much more.
The February 2026 BCN Newsletter includes publications on improving support for kinship and family-based care, addressing risks associated with residential care, and advancing evidence on children’s well-being and protection across different care settings. It also highlights the Technical Insights on Children’s Care to Support the Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform.
The January 2026 Better Care Network newsletter highlights the latest global research, resources, and guidance on children’s care and protection.
The December 2025 Better Care Network newsletter highlights recent research, resources, and guidance related to children’s care and protection globally. This edition features notable guidance including General Comment No.
The November 2025 Better Care Network newsletter highlights key developments in child protection and care reform around the world.
The October 2025 BCN Newsletter highlights growing global momentum around the Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform, now endorsed by 31 countries and 119 organizations.
The September 2025 BCN Newsletter spotlights the launch of the Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform, which builds on existing international commitments and calls for urgent, multi-sectorial action to transform care for children worldwide.
See an article exploring the complex landscape of alternative care for orphaned and vulnerable children in Afghanistan; an intervention model to support teen mothers developed by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) in Rwanda; an article examining the impact of clientelism on the rights of children residing in unregulated residential care facilities in Cambodia and Myanmar, and much more.
See a paper paper highlighting the experiences of birth mothers who have children placed in kinship care in the UK; a report presenting the main findings of an evaluation of the child care and deinstitutionalisation reforms in seven countries in the Europe and Central Asia Region; an assessment that sheds light on children with disabilities without family support in the Philippines and the alternative care arrangements available for them; and a practical guide for legislators on how to work together to end orphanage trafficking and so much more.
