The NGOs Railway Children and Juconi International will host a conference from 17-18 November, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania titled  “Breaking the cycle: Reintegrating street-connected children: applying theory, developing practice”.

The conference is aimed at leaders, managers and practitioners from civil society, local government and academia that are working with or are concerned with street connected children and youth, and all children affected by family violence.

The story of two girls who fled South Sudan and joined thousands of unaccompanied minors living in Uganda's refugee camps.

The last Thursday of every month, children at S.A.L.V.E. International will be debating inequality live: 2 to 4 p.m. in Uganda; 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the U.K.

The Africa’s Agenda for Children, to be adopted by the Committee, presents measurable goals and priority areas  to which the African Union and its Member States commit themselves for the coming 25 years.  

In this piece from FusionTV, Nelufar Hedayat travels to Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the relationship between international adoption and child trafficking.

This article from Kenya discusses how different gender expectations leave boys at a higher risk for living on the streets.

This qualitative study explored adolescent girls’ perspectives and programme needs as they transition from two institutions in Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe.

ACPF is holding its Seventh International Policy Conference on the African Child (IPC)  under the theme:“Our Hidden Shame: Crimes and Extreme Violence against Children in Africa” on 7-8 November 2016 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the sixteenth session (15 Aug 2016 – 2 Sep 2016) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.