The Editors for a Special Issue of Emerging Adulthood focused on care-leaving processes and services in Africa are seeking relevant research papers to be included in the issue.

Closing date: October 27, 2017

Location: Washington DC

Organization: New Editions Consulting, Inc.

Job Years of Experience: 10

To increase knowledge of foster children’s needs and how these are conceptualized, this paper presents a systematic literature review. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a comment on the Global Compacts including three key messages, one of which relates to the detention of children and family separation. 

This book introduces the Relational Learning Framework (RLF), an assessment tool which helps foster care practitioners, social workers and foster carers to examine what foster children have learned in their early life about relationships and particularly through maltreatment. 

The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children (CELCIS) at the University of Strathclyde is looking to recruit an International Associate to help shape and deliver the Centre's international work. 

Caring for Vulnerable Children is a Master Open Online Class (MOOC) delivered through FutureLearn in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and CELCIS, beginning 23 October 2017.  

The 4th Regional Parenting Conference is taking place from the 23rd to the 28th October, 2017 Mangochi, Malawi.

This three-day international conference aims to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and inspiring action towards change. The conference offers a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.

This discussion paper explores the interlinkages between violence against children and children's care in the African context, including in legal and policy frameworks, data collection and use for decision making, service delivery, and public awareness to ensure families can be supported and empowered to provide protective, stable, and appropriate care for children.