Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a new report indicating that Mexican officials are routinely deporting vulnerable children from Central America who immigrate to Mexico to escape violence in their home countries, according to this article from the Guardian. 

A woman who was adopted from China to the United States in the early 1990s has authored this moving piece for Foreign Policy, detailing her search for her birth family, and the many birth families she met along the way who miss and long for information on their “lost,” or “abandoned” daughters.

Catholic Relief Services is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor-Research and Learning for Vulnerable Children and Child Protection, 4Children located in Baltimore, MD, USA. Candidates are encouraged to apply by 20 March 2016.

This investigation into economic migration of Guatemalan parents shows that the timing of migration events in relation to left-behind children’s ages has important, often negative and likely permanent, repercussions on the physical development of their children.

In this article, the author discusses "voluntourism", where volunteers travel to other countries for a week or two for a “project” — a temporary medical clinic, an orphanage visit or a school construction. A 2008 study estimated that 1.6 million people volunteer on vacation, spending around $2 billion annually. 

UNICEF, UNFPA and partners are will host: #ENDviolence against Children and Adolescents with Disabilities, a side event for the 60th Session of the CSW and for World Down Syndrome Day

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. The primary role of the Technical Advisor (TA) II for Vulnerable Children and Social Service Systems Strengthe

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a former missionary from Oklahoma to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage. His arrest and conviction—one case among several recent instances of overseas abuse—highlights the need for more vetting procedures in international volunteering, experts say. 

This column advocates for greater investment and intervention for families at-risk to prevent adverse experiences in childhood.

A woman flew from Istanbul to Paris with an infant girl hidden inside her hand luggage, Air France has said.