This article from the BBC tells the story of Pamela Smedley, a woman who was sent to an orphanage in Australia from a children’s home in the UK in 1949, at the age of 13, on what she was told was a “day-trip.”

War Child UK in collaboration with Educo, Plan International, Save the Children UK and World Vision International are hosting a launch event for their recently published report, ‘Interagency Study on Child-Friendly Feedback and Complaint Mechanisms within NGO programmes.’

This article is an attempt to analyse and describe the process of change in child substitute care that has taken place since the re-independence of Estonia in 1991.

This interdisciplinary symposium aims to explore family relations, care and ‘troubles’ in diverse contexts. 

Institutions are invited to submit a proposal by 10:00 AM EST, 04 September 2015.

This paper reviews the case of Daniel Pelka, a child in Scotland who was murdered at the hands of his mother and her partner.  

The UK has recently introduced new rules requiring councils to provide support to children who stay in foster families beyond the age of 18.

The capital city of Lithuania, Vilnius, is making concerted efforts to close down all orphanages by the year 2020, according to the article.

This paper draws on a British Academy (BA) funded study exploring social workers’ conceptions of family using a vignette and focus groups. 

This article describes the so-called “orphan industrial complex” and the ways in which it harms children, families, and communities in the Global South.