In this joint policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch highlight the increasingly worrying trend of military detention of children affected by armed conflict, a trend documented in at least 15 countries affected by armed conflict.

This analysis assessed the current state of child neglect through much of the world, including its prevalence and efforts to address it.

This analysis assessed the current state of child neglect through much of the world, including its prevalence and efforts to address it.

IWORDS Global has been commissioned by Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) to carry out a global research that provides an independent and impartial analysis of the current status of children and youth rights and well-being, philanthropic community and field power balances and imbalances. In the interest of making the study truly participatory and inclusive, they are reaching out to stakeholders engaged in this field, including donors/funders, youth and children's organizations, and community-based organizations to participate in a short survey.

Driven in part by their experiences as members of the Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) and funders of child protection programs, and also due to the sector-level momentum generated by the UNGA reviews of the CRC and the Alternative Care Guidelines, UBS-Optimus Foundation and GHR Foundation have agreed to engage a consultant to review monitoring and evaluation frameworks in child protection. 

Through a review of implemented programs to reunite street-involved children and youth (SICY) with their families as well as relevant formative research on family-level risk factors for street migration, the authors of this study explore family-level factors relevant to successful family reintegration of SICY.

Responding to the findings and recommendations of the child protection systems-strengthening (CPSS) evaluation, the purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF to develop a paper describing the the CPSS approach  and to enable systematic tracking of CPSS progress and performance globally.

This is a summary of three major new papers published in the Lancet with the support of Lumos which shed new light on the situation of children living in institutions globally and make important recommendations for donors, governments, civil society and individuals to help ensure every child can grow up in a safe, supportive and loving family and have the best chance in life.

This publication presents the latest available country data and global and regional estimates of the number of unregistered children.

This resource guide aims to support UNICEF country teams, development partners and governments to deliver at-scale and sustainable results for early childhood development (ECD).