This paper traces the evolution of orphan care in India from traditional family and community-based support to formal child care institutions, highlighting key legal and policy reforms and ongoing challenges in institutional care. Using Manipur as a case example, it emphasizes the need to strengthen family-based care, social inclusion, monitoring, and child protection systems to improve outcomes for orphaned and vulnerable children.

This article examines the role of kinship care in Thailand, exploring its scale, drivers, and implications within the broader context of family-based care reform and deinstitutionalisation. It highlights the need to strengthen formal kinship care systems while addressing socioeconomic factors that contribute to unsupported informal care arrangements.

This study explores the transition experiences of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities leaving residential care in Türkiye. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, it examines how care leavers navigate independence, relationships, employment, and access to support after leaving care.

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.

Naungan Kasih (NK) is a hybrid positive parenting program for parents and caregivers of preschool-aged children that blends digital, in-person, and remote support to strengthen parenting skills and promote children’s healthy development. This paper documents the development, evaluation, and scaling pathways in which academic institutions, Malaysian government agencies, and international organizations collaborated as a consortium to translate evidence-based parenting principles into a locally feasible, culturally responsive delivery model.

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.