The Editors of Childhood welcome proposals for special issues to be published in 2026. Proposals are due by the 14th of February 2025 

Disability Rights International (DRI) and the United States International Council on Disabilities (USCID) are organizing a COMMUNITY FORUM on US Foreign Policy and Funding Cuts: Understanding the Impact on the Global Disability Community

The Alliance invites you to contribute your valuable experiences, approaches, and innovations at the 2025 Annual Meeting by submitting an abstract.

The consultancy will be initially for 3 months between January and March 2025, to be delivered on approximately 5 days a month, with the possibility of extending to another 3 months, depending on funding availability.

Join CELCIS on 30 January when they will look at the findings of the research and discuss these questions with Dr Alex McTier, CELCIS Evidence and Evaluation Specialist and Jane Scott, CELCIS Head of Early Help and Protection, co-authors of the study, Katherine Anderson, Policy Implementation Lead at CELCIS and Mark Inglis Head of Children's Health, Care and Justice Services, South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership.  

• Title: Senior Manager of Programs
• Position: Staff, full-time exempt
• Location: Telework position, preference for candidates based in the Minneapolis, MN metro or
• Washington, DC metro.

The revised version of the Primary Prevention Framework is now completed. The Alliance is organising a global and two regional launches where they will present the revised Framework including specific areas where adaptations have been introduced, and to showcase additional resources developed, such as the M&E addendum and other new annexes accompanying the Framework.

What challenges do children face when recruited by armed groups or criminal organisations? How can we protect and reintegrate them?

This advocacy brief and video are underpinned by research confirming the high costs of violence against children to society, and the significant returns that could accrue from investments made in interventions to prevent and respond to violence against children. The research highlights the need for a paradigm shift, from viewing expenditure on the protection of children from violence as a cost to viewing it as an investment.

SOS Children's Villages' Global Report on Children’s Care and Protection 2024 sheds light on the dynamics of child-family separation. This document can be used to call on governments and decision-makers to act to strengthen families and improve care and support systems.