This Doctoral Thesis explores whether children in South Africa who reside with their biological father have better health than children whose fathers live elsewhere.

On June 29, 2015, the CPC Learning Network hosted a webinar focused on the experience of developing, piloting and refining a child protection index.

Family for Every Child is recruiting a Regional Coordinator for a Learning Network on Recovery and Reintegration from Child Sexual Exploitation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Selon les résultats d’une cartographie, réalisé du 16 au 24 août 2014, plus de 140 000 enfants etaient indirectement affectés par la Maladie à Virus Ebola en Republique de Guinee.

This post on the Missions Dilemma website features an article and 30 minute documentary film on the harmful impact of institutionalization on children.

A 20 year-old man from the United States, Matthew Lane Durham, has been convicted of sexually abusing children at a children’s home in Kiambu County, Kenya, where he was volunteering.

In a recent blog post, Megan Parker, co-founder of the Abide Family Center in Uganda, takes issue with Dr. Katherine Whetten’s study which found that children reared in institutional care did not fare worse than those living in family settings.

This report from Sonke Gender Justice is an adaptation of the global State of the World’s Fathers report, produced by Mencare. The report highlights the research and findings from the State of the World’s Fathers report that are specific to Africa.

This article reports on the Western Uganda Bantwana Program, which worked with more than 1,000 HIV/AIDS-affected families with the goals of improving socioeconomic status, psychosocial functioning, and educational participation.

This article describes the large numbers of unaccompanied children who have fled Burundi in the wake of political violence, and the efforts by aid agencies in bordering countries such as Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania to support them.