This document is intended to provide concrete advice on how to put the guiding principles common to most child protection actors into practice. Though cultural traditions and customs may require the advice to be adapted to the specific context, the authors believe that the advice provided is grounded in sufficiently broad experience to guide measures that ensure children under five are not separated when this can be avoided, and, if separated, can be reunited with their families as quickly as possible.

Based on data collected from a 2003 nationwide study, this article examines how left-behind children (specifically those aged 10–12 years old and adolescents) cope without their migrant parents.

Documents implementation of Azerbaijan's national de-institutionalisation and alternative care programming

Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia.

L’objectif global de l’étude est d’améliorer les connaissances par rapport à la protection et aux droits des enfants placés en établissement au Sri Lanka, d’utiliser ces connaissances pour promouvoir des changements axés sur la recherche et de faciliter la mise en œuvre des pratiques exemplaires et des solutions de rechange convenables aux soins en établissement.

L’étude vise à offrir un aperçu des services institutionnels et de rechange en matière de soins des enfants ayant besoin de protection spéciale au Vietnam. 

This video by Save the Children highlights key research findings from an assessment on the quality of care in children's homes in Indonesia (2007), jointly published with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF.

This paper presents a study on the children who were sent to orphanages or Islamic boarding schools (Dayahs) in Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.

Guidelines for recording a comprehensive assessment of the child. Outlines questions to be asked during the assessment.

This newsletter is from a seminar on alternative care held in Bangalore, India, in November 2006. Designed to spread information on what organizations have accomplished in the year following the seminar, the newsletter includes specific information on progress and methods, as well as contact information for each organization listed.