The 19th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP) will be held at the United Nations Headquarters, New York

Available information on the numbers and conditions of people excluded from society in closed institutions is often wrong or missing. For this reason, Disability Rights International is launching a global survey to collect better information.

This report is an overview of Childlight’s Into the Light Index on Global Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 2026 Data Update. The update focuses on new emerging data as well as updating existing global and regional prevalence and scale data on Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Family-oriented policies can accelerate social progress with family and child benefit policies stabilizing households when most vulnerable. This year's observance of the International Day of Families commemoration at the UN aims to demonstrate that engagement at international level is essential to elevate early family investment as a core social development priority. 

Timely, reliable and disaggregated data are fundamental to safeguarding children’s rights. Robust evidence enables us to design effective policies, allocate resources strategically, and monitor progress towards national and global commitments.

Families, inequality, and child well-being are deeply connected. This report, commissioned by UN DESA for the International Day of Families, examines how global and regional patterns of inequality shape family formation, early childhood and child outcomes in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It analyses trends in income inequality, poverty, fertility, under-five mortality, education and broader family well-being, showing how disadvantage can be transmitted across generations when families are not adequately supported.

This scoping review examines how supported visitation in child welfare is defined and practiced, highlighting its role in maintaining parent–child relationships while ensuring emotional safety in complex, trauma-affected contexts. Findings reveal inconsistent implementation, limited focus on children’s experiences, and a lack of relationally grounded approaches, underscoring the need for more coherent, rights-based support for both children and parents.

This article reports on discussions from the Global Technical Financing Forum on Early Childhood Development held in Kigali, Rwanda, where governments, UN agencies, and development partners explored strategies to improve and scale financing for holistic services for young children.

This scoping review examines why individuals and families in Western countries choose to foster or adopt children with disabilities, identifying motivations such as altruism, personal values, commitment to caregiving, and perceived family enrichment. The findings highlight opportunities to strengthen recruitment and support strategies by aligning messaging and services with these motivations to improve care stability and outcomes.

This technical brief highlights parenting support strategies and interventions that can benefit parents and help them create better spaces for children with developmental delays and disabilities to thrive. The brief includes data on children with developmental delays and disabilities and features country examples from around the world.