This Summary of Research provides a concise overview of a range of studies and findings that can inform approaches to caring for children who, through orphanhood, abandonment, or other causes, have been separated from parental care.

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support discusses family separation, including the factors leading to it, global data on children’s living situations and how it relates to preventing separation.

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support focuses on parenting interventions for the wellbeing of children and families in an HIV/AIDS context.

This presentation by Jasmina Byrne and Alice Margaria of Innocenti, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014. 

This presentation by Mary Daly, a professor in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014.

Many young people rely on their parents when they transition into adulthood.  Young people transitioning out of alternative care rarely have that option. 

This article outlines a few of the common values and principles that provide the foundation for Muslim understandings of child–adult relationships and approaches to child protection and nurture.

This article explores what Judaism’s communal orientation means for the protection of children.

The second annual edition of the World Family Map investigates how family characteristics affect children’s healthy development around the globe and includes a new essay focusing on union stability and early childhood health in developing countries.

This report highlights the needs of children without adequate family care, the impact inadequate care on children and society, and why family care is important. In this report, Family for Every Child also issues several recommendations for those in all sectors of society and an example of care reform from Brazil.