Asia

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Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Joni Verstraete - Progress in Responsible Tourism Volume 3(2) February 2015,

This article analyses on the phenomenon of orphanage tourism/ childcare tourism in Cambodia and its social and economic impacts by interviewing the managers directors or volunteer coordinators of nine residential care facilities and to develop recommendations and guidelines for the residential care centres and volunteer organisations to improve the volunteering practice in the future.

Family for Every Child ,

Muhammadiyah, a member of Family for Every Child, has launched a new alliance with fellow Indonesian NGOs, to encourage the use of family-based alternative care for children and promote the use of institutional care only as a last result for children in Indonesia.

C. L. Gray, B. W. Pence, J. Ostermann, R. A. Whetten, K. O’Donnell, N. M. Thielman, and K. Whetten - Global Mental Health Volume 2,

This study sought to understand gender differences in potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in orphaned and separated children in 5 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Tanzania.

Foster Care India,

Foster Care India is launching a Manifesto to help change the way that over 1.2 billion people look after and protect children in India.

Sourajit Routray, Nijwm Mahilary and Rajkumar Paul - International Journal of Bioassays ,

This study compares the development of children living in orphanages with that of children living in slums with their biological parents in Odisha, India.

Arjun Mani Guragain, Binita Kumari Paudel, Apiradee Lim & Chamnein Choonpradub - Asian Social Science,

This study aimed to examine the living arrangement of children (both orphan & non-orphan) based on a nationally representative Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2006 and 2011.

Stephen Evans, BBC News Asia,

This article explores the cultural taboos surrounding adoption in South Korea and the attempts currently underway to ease the stigma associated with adoption.

Steve Evans, BBC News - Asia ,

This video report from the BBC examines South Koreans’ perspectives on domestic adoption.

Family Care First,

Family Care First, an initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Cambodia, is seeking innovative high-impact solutions to reduce the number of children living outside of family care in Cambodia.