The main objective of the mapping and assessment is to identify the major gaps in the current child protection system in each state, which will provide the basis for specific suggestions on how to improve the existing child protection system at the state and LGA level. 

This handbook offers a compendium of Zambian juvenile law, including the processing of juveniles in the criminal justice system.

This “roadmap” document outlines  the recommended implementation strategies and activities for strengthening  family- and community-based alternative care in Liberia. It accompanies the Guidelines on Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living (the Guidelines) and the Capacity Building Plan to Implement the Guidelines (CBP).

This piece, written by Aselefech Evans, a woman adopted from Ethiopia when she was five years old, addresses the issue of family preservation and international adoption.

This Context Assessment, produced by Maestral International, aims to collect and review all relevant information to support the development of the Department of Social Welfare’s (DSW) institutional capacities to execute the new framework for alternative care in Liberia.

L’Ouganda ne protège pas les enfants sans domicile fixe des violences et autres abus commis par la police a déclaré Human Rights Watch. Les enfants des rues dans divers centres urbains de l'Ouganda sont exposés à la maltraitance ainsi qu'aux violences physiques et sexuelles. Les autorités nationales et locales devraient cesser d’organiser des descentes de police visant ces enfants, tenir les forces policières et d'autres individus responsables en cas de passage à tabac, et faciliter l'accès de ces enfants aux services d'éducation et de santé.

This article examines the recruitment and transportation of internally trafficked children from Benue State in the north-central geo-political zone of Nigeria to Oyo State in the south-western zone of Nigeria

The 2014 Larissa Award will go to an initiative that focuses on “Child Deprivation and Vulnerability in Africa”.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is looking for a consultant to conduct a Programme Evaluation of the Legal Assistance Pilot Scheme, which forms part of our EU funded project in South Africa, ‘Ending unlawful deprivation of liberty of women and children in South Africa’.

This report provides an overview of Liberia’s alternative care context, identifies key stakeholders who are involved in the child protection field in the country, and summarizes the Child Care Legal and Policy Framework related to alternative care.