The fifteen member states of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) have adopted the Strategic Framework for Strengthening National Child Protection Systems to Prevent and Respond to Violence.

Faith leaders in Rwanda are being urged to contribute to child protection efforts by engaging families to prevent violence and family separation. 

Implementation of comprehensive care reform strategy in Rwanda has led to a successful transition from a system dependent on insitutionalization to one that embraces family-based care. 

This video series from Better Care Network, in partnership with Child's i Foundation, highlights promising practices in children's care in Uganda.

High prevalence of sex tourism in Zanzibar has spurred a five year National Action Plan to end violence against children and women on the island. 

International actors and representatives from Armenia, Ghana, Moldova, and Uganda convened in London September 11-15 2017 to learn and share experiences to inform the alternative care reform process in the four countries. 

At convening of the Global First Ladies Alliance in New York, Rwanda's First Lady Jeannette Kagame shared the successes of Rwanda's care reform. 

Inter-country adoption has been reinstated in Rwanda after government updated structures and mechanisms required under the Hague Convention. 

Lagos government has announced its concerns about institutionalization and the state's consideration of a review of adoption processes to address current practice gaps. 

Rwanda's National Commission for Children (NCC) is implementing the Integrated Child Rights Policy (ICRP), which will continue support for more coordinated and comprehensive services for children, including the national Child Care Reform program and addressing issues pertaining to children living and working on the street.