This chapter looks at what the international law instruments recommend regarding the appointment of legal guardians. It provides an audit of the instruments which are applicable to the regulation of the appointment of legal guardians for children both at the global and regional levels.

This paper describes the piloting of Care for Child Development through six health surveillance assistants (HSAs) in group and individual sessions with 60 caregivers and children <2 years and assessed recruitment, frequency, timings, and quality of intervention.

This paper presents an evaluation of an early childhood parenting training package implemented in Brazil and Zimbabwe, called Reach Up, with the aim of providing an evidence‐based, adaptable program that is feasible for low‐resource settings.

The researchers in this study conducted formative research on mental health issues and HIV/STI risk behavior in Kasarani, a large slum in Nairobi, to guide the development of future interventions.

According to this article from AllAfrica, Uganda's Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development "is engaging founders of orphanages countrywide with the aim of reviewing their operations," with a view to closing orphanages altogether.

The Symposium will be held at the Multimedia University of Kenya, Mbagathi campus Nairobi, Kenya from 16th to 18th May 2018 under the theme ‘Building Synergy for Enhanced Child Care and Protection: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities’.

The study intended to assess, based on the perceptions of Victim-Friendly Court (VFC) professionals in Marondera District in Zimbabwe, how the presence of the VFC and relevant child protection policy and legal frameworks has affected the management of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse (ICSA) in Zimbabwe.

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and Defence for Children International (DCI) are hosting a conference on child justice in Africa in in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 8-10 May 2018.

The purpose of this consultancy is to make an assessment, as systematic and objective as possible, of the  Korogocho Comprehensive Child Protection and Education Initiative, its design, implementation and results.

This video features interviews and presentations from a seminar that took place in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2018 which brought together orphanage directors to discuss the importance of children growing up in safe and loving families and the need to transition models of care.