Lié à l’exode rural massif, à la perte des liens sociaux traditionnels, aux mutations de la famille et au développement anarchique de l’espace urbain, le phénomène des enfants des rues constitue un des marqueurs important des transformations sociales et sociétales actuelles. Il interroge sur la place faite par nos institutions de développement et d’assistance aux groupes de population qui restent en marge des efforts nationaux et internationaux de développement économique et social. 

The paper explores how the UNCRC reporting process, and guidelines from the Committee outlining how States should promote the rights of young people making the transition from care to adulthood, can be used as an instrument to track global patterns of change in policy and practice. 

In this position paper, the Muslim Women’s Shura Council considers whether adoption can be possible within an Islamic framework.

The paper examines elements that must be in place to ensure that foster care is effective, including legislative frameworks and a trained child welfare workforce. It consider principles for good practice in foster care, with a particular focus on examining how such principles can be applied in resource constrained settings.

The overall objective of the assignment is to support the knowledge management platforms of BCN, including the expansion and maintenance of BCN’s online resource library and portals, preparation of its newsletter, and development of a new discussion forum.

This paper, 'Children in Informal Care', was produced in response to a knowledge gap on informal care and to help determine the relevance and applicability of the 2009 Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children to informal alternative care. The authors asked the questions “what constitutes ‘informal care’?”, “what forms of informal care are there?”, “who needs informal care?”, and “can they be clearly defined?”

This report presents a unique Literature Review of international research studies about street children published during the decade from 2000 to 2010.

Report underscoring the need to examine protection in its entirety and ensure that all dimensions of the protection response are adequately supported

Press release from UNICEF and OHCHR launching a joint campaign to put an immediate end to the practice of placing young children into State-run infant homes.

Joint statement by the Consortium for Street Children to the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Day of African Child Theme: All Together for Street Children