This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia.

Timor-Leste’s child protection system has improved considerably since the country gained independence in 2002. However, this mapping and assessment of the child protection system found that significant gaps remain and that the system requires further development.

This report describes the outcomes of the joint DCOF/UNICEF visit to Cambodia to assess a three-year, DCOF-funded project on Strengthening Systems to Protect Vulnerable Children and Families in Cambodia.

This research investigates the forms that ‘orphanage tourism’ takes in Cambodia and the impacts of this popular phenomenon on those who are purported to benefit: orphanages and orphans.

This qualitative research study seeks to better understand some of the reasons for residential care expansion in the province of Battambang, Cambodia. The study aims to identify why children are sent to orphanages and understand the attitudes of those stakeholders who are influencing the rise in institutions in the province.

This book provides the first detailed account of the transfer of approximately 4,000 East Timorese children to Indonesia during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste (1975–1999). Through personal testimonies, it examines how children were taken by soldiers, placed in institutions, or adopted, highlighting the lasting impacts of these forced separations on children and families.

This article describes research conducted in Malaysia on young people’s perceptions of “baby dumping,” or the abandonment of newborns and infants, a phenomenon that has become a “serious issue” in Malaysia. 

This publication proposes a framework of core indicators for measuring and monitoring national child protection systems in the East Asia and Pacific region.

This report summarises findings from a recent online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. 

This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the alternative care situation in Cambodia, including residential and family-based care.