The first International Conference on Sexual Abuse of the African Child will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24–26 September 2007. The aim of the conference is to advance knowledge regarding the various types of sexual abuse and their complexity in the cultural settings of Africa.

A report on residential care in South Africa in the context of AIDS and an under-resourced social welfare sector.

Josephine Morgan comes from a poor family in Liberia. Her father, hoping for a better life for his children, agreed to an offer made by the head of an orphanage to take Josephine, her sister and her young brother.

This document offers a brief overview of the Care Reform Initiative in Ghana: “Every child deserves a family” July/Aug 2006- August 2007.

This study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. 

The study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. 

Emerging evidence from Mozambique suggests that children fostered after conflict-induced separation receive love, care and support from local families.

This document is intended to provide concrete advice on how to put the guiding principles common to most child protection actors into practice. Though cultural traditions and customs may require the advice to be adapted to the specific context, the authors believe that the advice provided is grounded in sufficiently broad experience to guide measures that ensure children under five are not separated when this can be avoided, and, if separated, can be reunited with their families as quickly as possible.

The aim of this report is to review international human rights norms as well as Liberian legislation, and to assess the compliance of orphanages with those standards.

Africa shifts to 'whole village' approach for the care of orphans and other vulnerbale children.