The two-day course outlined in these pages is designed to familiarise groups of care professionals with the international standards and principles surrounding children’s rights – and above all, to relate this to the daily experience and challenges arising in the field of alternative care.

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.”

Le SSI a organisé une rencontre rassemblant des médiateurs et autres professionnels spécialisés dans les situations familiales transnationales pour échanger leurs idées, expertises, déontologies et pratiques. 

UNICEF Belgrade is inviting national social policy institutes, research organizations and NGOs for developing a comprehensive study on drivers and determinants of violence against children.

UNICEF Belgrade office is seeking proposals from qualified International social policy institutes, research organizations and NGOs for developing a comprehensive study on drivers and determinants of violence against children.

In this study 59 children between 10 and 18 years placed in long term foster care in the Netherlands completed standardized questionnaires on the relationship with their parents respectively foster parents and their wellbeing.

Quasiment invisibles parmi les milliers de réfugiés qui arrivent jour après jour en Europe dans l’espoir d’y trouver la sécurité et une vie meilleure, les enfants qui arrivent sans parents ou sans aucun autre adulte pour les accompagner forment un groupe spécial – les mineurs non accompagnés – dont chaque membre a une histoire particulière et besoin d’une aide spécifique. Nous vous présentons quelques-uns d’entre eux.

This article tells the story of Yahya, a young man who escaped an abusive father in rural Gambia and underwent a harrowing journey through Northern Africa, eventually arriving in Sicily in 2013. 

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.