Americas

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in the Americas. Browse resources by region, country, or category.

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Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development ,

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development will be holding a High-Level Side Event focusing on inclusive cities for sustainable families during the 55th Commission for Social Development.

Better Care Network,

The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Loyola University Chicago School of Law,

The Center for the Human Rights of Children & The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership Present War Wounds: The Role of International Justice in Rebuilding the Rule of Law.  This event will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 8:30 A

Hyunil Kim, Christopher Wildeman, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Brett Drake - American Journal of Public Health,

The purpose of this study was to estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States.

Sarah Meakings, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke - Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, University of Oxford,

This review of the international research examines what is known about the placement of siblings in foster care.

Susan Schmidt - Journal on Migration and Human Security,

This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help youth like themselves, and identifies several implied “no-win” situations as potential reasons for the migration decisions of unaccompanied children.

Steven Marans & Hilary Hahn - Yale Medicine Child Study Center (Primary Authors) ,

This new toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with or without a mental health partner). This toolkit contains tools targeted to police leaders and frontline officers.

Sarah Salvadore - Slate,

Slate reports the poor conditions unaccompanied girls face when they attempt to cross the border into the United States from Central America.

Better Care Network,

Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser, the Child Protection Specialist for Community based child protection and psychosocial support in emergencies will provide programme guidance and technical support to enhance UNICEF's approach to the provision of psychosocial support for children and women in emergency situations, both natural disasters and armed conflicts.