This statement from UNICEF Tajikistan announces and welcomes the government’s adoption of its first-ever National Programme on the Protection of Child Rights (2026–2030), describing it as a major step toward strengthening the country’s child protection system.

This article examines compassion as a relational institutional ethos within alternative residential child care in Nepal. Drawing on qualitative case study research conducted in a children’s home operating in collaboration with local and international non-governmental organisations, the study explores how Tibetan Buddhist ethical principles intersect with contemporary safeguarding and governance frameworks.

This article examines how recent war in Iran has disrupted and reshaped the country’s child welfare system, forcing authorities to rethink long-standing institutional approaches to caring for orphaned and abandoned children. As violence threatened hospitals and orphanages, the state welfare system began rapidly placing infants and vulnerable children into private homes, including with foster families and single women, marking a significant shift toward more family-based care arrangements.

This webinar—hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group under the Transforming Children's Care Collaborative—brought together practitioners from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern and Southern Africa to explore how social norms shape efforts to transition away from residential care and how they can be effectively addressed.

This randomized trial in Thailand evaluated a blended parenting programme combining in-person sessions and messaging support, finding no reduction in child maltreatment at one-month follow-up. Results suggest the need to refine programme design and target higher-risk families, as well as assess longer-term impacts to better understand effectiveness.

Child abuse and neglect in urban Vietnam are strongly associated with socio-economic hardship and family vulnerabilities, including low income, residential instability, single-parent households, low parental education, and alcohol misuse. The study underscores the need for integrated, community-based interventions that address both structural inequalities and family-level risk factors to effectively prevent child maltreatment.

This article from The Kathmandu Post explores the recurring cycle of street children in Nepal who are repeatedly rescued from urban streets and placed into shelters or rehabilitation programs, only to return again due to deep-rooted chall

This article describes how Pakistan’s heavy reliance on institutional care (such as orphanages) is both misguided and harmful, emphasizing that most children placed in these settings are not true orphans but are separated from families due to poverty and social pressures. It highlights extensive evidence that institutionalization undermines children’s emotional and developmental well-being and points to weak regulation and oversight of care facilities, which can expose children to further risks.

This UNICEF article highlights the Sri Lankan government’s endorsement of the Global Charter on Children's Care Reform.

This study of children in residential care in Pakistan finds that perceived institutional neglect is strongly linked to attachment insecurity, emotional dysregulation, and conduct problems, with attachment insecurity acting as a key mediating factor. The study highlights the importance of enhanced caregiver training, emotional support mechanisms, and the establishment of nurturing and stable environments within residential institutions to promote children’s psychological well-being and social adjustment.