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Maria Thomas - Quartz,

Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation has launched an online interactive game simulating the experience of child trafficking in India to raise awareness around the issue, according to the article. 

Laiqh A. Khan - The Hindu,

This article from the Hindu describes the current debate between a faction of child rights advocates and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) regarding the care and placement of a group of 16 trafficked children who were illegally sold into adoption in the Mysuru district in Karnataka, India.

Katie Arnold - Reuters,

This article shines light on the vulnerability to trafficking and exploitation of children in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

The Assam Tribune,

At a recent review meeting of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in the Kamrup Metropolitan district of India, the Kamrup Deputy Commissioner Dr M Angamuthu ordered all childcare institutes (CCI)s in the district to legally register themselves under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and Rules, or face legal action, according to the article.

Poppy McPherson - The Guardian,

Nearly a million people of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh since August - and are now living in refugee camps in the port town of Cox's Bazar - to escape what the UN has deemed 'ethnic cleansing' in the Rakhine

K. G. Gopakumar, Kamalakshi G. Bhat, Shantharam Baliga, Nitin Joseph, Neha Mohan, Avinash K. Shetty - Quality of Life Research,

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of care at foster homes on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children living with HIV (CLHIV), attending a referral ART Centre, and to compare their HRQOL with children living in their own homes.

Olivia Lang & Kevin McGregor - 100 Women: BBC News,

This BBC 100 Women video features Indira Ranamagar, who ensures Nepali children whose mothers are incarcerated receive safe homes, care and education. 

Udayan Care,

This document provides a full report of the workshop on “Depression in Children and Young Persons living in Alternative Care: Challenges and Possibilities.” 

UNICEF Bangladesh,

UNICEF Bangladesh is requesting proposals for the development National Adolescent Strategy (NAS) and mapping of the Child Protection System in Bangladesh. 

ColomboPage News,

Findings from a Dutch television program have inspired the Government of Netherlands to call for an investigation into the irregularities in adoptions from Sri Lanka. Investigative journalists claim that at least 11,000 babies from Sri Lanka adopted by foreign couples were either bought or stolen from their parents.