New research has revealed that nearly half of Kenyan mothers with disabled babies are pressured to kill them.

This article from Thomas Reuters Foundation News highlights findings from a recent study by Disability Rights International which explored the stigma around children with disabilities in Kenya, and the ways in which that stigma leads to child abandonment, institutionalization, and even infanticide.

This report is the product of a two-year investigation by Disability Rights International (DRI) into institutions and orphanages across Kenya. The report describes the "egregious human rights violations" perpetrated against children with disabilities in Kenya, particularly those who are confined to institutions and "orphanages." 

The focus of this article is on children trafficked or migrating alone from rural areas of the Wolaita zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region to the urban centres of Jimma or Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

The purpose of this study is to point out the experience of sexual and physical exploitation and its determinant factors among street children in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.

This article focuses on the concept of “family” and family membership from the perspective of care leavers in Zimbabwe.

This presentation, delivered at the ISPCAN Conference in September 2018, highlights the preliminary findings from the ASPIRES Family Care Projects as regards the effects of a combined economic and social intervention on child protection and economic outcomes.

This presentation highlights the preliminary findings from the ASPIRES Family Care Projects as regards the impacts of cash transfers on child protection benefits.

This Op-Ed from Kenya's Daily Nation by Simon Njoroge paints a staggering picture of violations of human rights by child institutions.

This qualitative study explored life experiences of children living on the streets in Eldoret, Kenya.