This secondary analysis, based off data collected in 1999 by the Survey on Child Abuse in Residential Care Institutions in Romania, investiged the prevalence of growth stunting of institutionalized Romanian children and compared the prevalence of stunting between four different institutional contexts.

This study investigated the correlation between the self-reported academic achievement of Romanian institutionalized children living in long-term residential care and numerous variables related to their experiences in institutional care. 

This study investigated the prevalence of abuse experienced or witnessed by Romanian children living in long-term residential centers in 1999. 

This study presents the findings from a secondary analysis of data collected in 1999, which focused on child abuse and neglect within long-term residential centers in Romania, from a child rights perspective. 

This study observed the physical growth and cognitive development in institutionalized toddlers in India, finding profound developmental delays in the sample group. 

Unaccompanied refugee children in Bulgaria face extreme risks in the country's refugee facilities, including temporary detention, a practice recently legalized contrary to international human rights standards. 

Many children living in today's orphanages have families, and organizations are addressing the issue by supporting families experiencing poverty and deinstitutionalizing orphanages.

This blog post from Ecuador Eco Volunteer describes the issues associated with orphanage volunteering and the reasons the company does not connect volunteers with orphanage placements. 

In this interview, Karen Flanagan of Save the Children discusses how well-intentioned volunteers and tourists are inadvertently contributing to the growth of the orphanage industry and the exploitation of children. 

Award-winning actor Rachel Griffiths gives evidence to the Australian Modern Slavery Inquiry, speaking to the issues of orphanage tourism and trafficking into orphanages.