In resolution 45/30 the Human Rights Council decided to focus its next annual full-day meeting on the rights
of the child (2022) on the theme “the rights of the child and family reunification”. It further requested the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on that theme, in close
cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, with a view to providing information for the meeting.

Wondering how early childhood development (ECD) interventions can be utilized to improve U.S. foreign assistance programs' reach and success? Register for this Thrive Coalition webinar to find out.

Launched on October 1, 2018, the CTWWC initiative is organized around three main strategic objectives: (1) Governments promote family care; (2) Children stay in or return to safe and nurturing families; and (3) Key stakeholders make meaningful commitments toward family care. The second year of the initiative is summarized in this report of progress.

The international children’s organisation Lumos, with support from the UBS Optimus Foundation, is pleased to extend an invitation to your organisation to respond to a 

Maestral International is seeking a new associate in each of three technical areas: violence against children, monitoring and evaluation, and public expenditure. We are accepting applications now through 21 October 2021.

Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) would like to work with local organisations organising responses to meet the needs of Afghan refugees, in countries preparing to receive arrivals.

The social cost of women migrant workers is very high as they leave behind their families and children when they go abroad for livelihood, said speakers at a consultation on Thursday. The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) organised the consultation on ‘Migration through Gendered Lens: Role of the Media'.

The COVID-19 pandemic is destined to leave millions more children without family caregivers. Increases in mortality of parents and other caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic are accompanied by increases in extreme vulnerability from loss of livelihoods, schooling, health recovery and usual sources of service provision and support. This webinar aims to bring an understanding of how COVID-19 will affect the lives of children, how lessons learned from prior emergencies can be adapted, and how an understanding of complex adversities can maximize the effectiveness of our response.

This webinar, hosted by the World Health Organization and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, offers an opportunity to explore the key findings of five decades of research into corporal punishment of children. Hearing from some of the world’s leading academics on the topic, participants will gain a thorough understanding of the impact of corporal punishment on children’s health and well-being, and evidence-based insights into strategies for its prevention.

In 2020 the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on health disparities, poverty, and societal inequities. Meanwhile global protests awakened our collective and universal consciousness of systemic and institutional racism. In response, The Kempe Center launched A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference to raise the collective consciousness of the impact of poverty, racism, oppression, othering, and inequality on the lives of children and families in child welfare systems.