UNICEF Cambodia invites eligible firm to submit a proposal for Development of a theory (or theories) of change on violence against children in Cambodia.

This article from the Sunday Times reports on the child-trafficking scandal in Nepal in light of the recent earthquake.

This article explains the ways in which orphanages in Cambodia have become a money-making business which continue to recruit more “orphans” in order to profit from foreign volunteer donations.

This article reviews the human trafficking crisis in Nepal, an issue brought to light recently by the devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal in April and May 2015, but which has been a problem in Nepal for many years.

Officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation in India have reached Palakkad and started collecting evidence on the alleged trafficking of children to orphanages in Kerala from West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand, according to the article.

The present study aimed to identify the proportion of children who are orphans and their geographic distribution in Nepal.

In Malaysia, unwanted babies now have a place to be left. It is called the baby hatch, where parents can leave their children anonymously while they wait for adoption. This video reports on these baby hatches.

This article from the Thomas Reuters Foundation explores the developing phenomenon of “new-age orphans” in certain regions of India, whose parents are migrating in search of work due to changing climate conditions, leaving children behind with elderly grandparents or in school hostels.

India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development has proposed a revised set of Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015 effective 1 August 2015.

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.