This Human Rights Council Side event included presentations on family separation in the African, Asian, European, and Latin American contexts. 

According to this article from Channel News Asia, China has recently updated its rules regarding the adoption of abandoned or trafficked children, allowing a child to be adopted if authorities do not find parents or guardians during a year-long se

Using cross-sectional data from rural left-behind children aged 10–17 years in the Henan Province of China, the present study examined the roles of father–child cohesion, mother–child cohesion, and friend companionship in emotional adaptation (loneliness, depression, and life satisfaction) among children left behind by both of their rural-to-urban migrant parents compared to those with only a migrating father.

This article sheds light on a growing movement in South Korea to accept and embrace single mothers.

This article from the Tokyo Weekender sheds light on the adoption situation in Japan.

This conference - held October 11-12, 2015 in Osaka, Japan - aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Social Work, Education and Social Development.

The organizations profiled in these case studies have pioneered effective transitions from residential to family-based care. 

This review of literature covers international material related to stability and permanence for disabled children, in particular permanence achieved through fostering and adoption.

This articles shares the stories of two adoptees in the US from South Korea who are part of a group called Adoptee Solidarity of Korea, which campaigns for an end to international adoption.

Some private schools in Australia are taking students on volunteer trips to orphanages in Asia. But “what do these trips mean for the children in orphanages?,” this article asks.