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Transforming Children's Care Collaborative,

This brief contains high-level guidance and recommendations for policy and decision-makers and development partners to consider in designing frameworks to scale up, coordinate and support the transition of individual residential care services.

Changing the Way We Care,

This study analyzes statistical data on the institutionalization of children aged between 0-6 years; examines current practices of prevention, identification, assistance, referral, and placement in institutions and family based alternative care; evaluates the knowledge and attitudes of professionals and decision makers and outlines recommendations for the development and introduction of a moratorium on placing children aged between 0-6 years in residential care.

UNICEF, Changing the Way We Care,

In this case study the authors look at the impact of climate change-related events on various aspects of children’s care by drawing on evidence from nine interviews with children, caregivers, residential care home staff and government officials in Kajiado County, Kenya.

UNICEF, Changing the Way We Care,

In this case study, the authors explore how the government of Zimbabwe and local civil society organisations (CSOs) are working together to maximise the benefits and minimise the risks of kinship care. The case study is based on interviews with 12 individuals which included policy makers, practitioners, kinship carers and children in kinship care. 

UNICEF, CTWWC,

This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in February 2024. 

5th Biennial International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia,

This report represents a summary of presentations and discussions held throughout the two days of the BICON International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia 2023.

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg,

In Matters of Significance, Marinus van IJzendoorn and Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg draw on 40 years of experience with theoretical, empirical, meta-analytic and translational work in child development research to highlight the complex relations between replication, translation and academic freedom. They argue that challenging fake facts promulgated by under-replicated and under-powered studies is a critical type of translation beyond technical applications.

UNICEF,

This publication is meant to guide the collection of reliable, internationally comparable data on key ECD indicators, the selection of which was informed by the Nurturing Care Framework.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

On 7 February 2024, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted a webinar to showcase the findings from their recently released 2023 State of the Social Service Workforce Report: A Decade of Progress, A Future of Promise.