In the wake of major disruptions to U.S. and global foreign assistance, the global community faces an urgent question: How do we sustain and strengthen support for children in adversity in a rapidly changing landscape? The Collaborative on Global Children's Issues co-convened a webinar to mark the release of two new reports that respond to this moment.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Better Care Network, Early Childhood Development Action Network, INSPIRE Implementation Working Group, Moving Minds Alliance and Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues are co-convening a webinar for child protection, care, and development stakeholders to share and discuss recommendations to address the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts on children and their families and sustain progress in the changing landscape.

This scoping review of 29 studies finds that individuals with care experience face significantly higher rates of mental and physical health challenges across the life course, though research has largely focused on younger populations. It highlights key gaps, particularly in understanding the long-term physical health outcomes of care leavers and the need for clearer distinctions and broader definitions of wellbeing in future research.

Join Rooted Futures for an interactive and illuminating conversation exploring how supporting families is at the heart of building economically stronger, healthier, more inclusive, and resilient communities.

This webinar, co-hosted by the Transforming Children's Care collaborative and Hope and Homes for Children, will dive into the ground-level realities of system strengthening across three diverse national contexts: South Africa, Rwanda, and Bulgaria. Drawing on the Hope and Homes for Children Global Roadmap for Care Reform: Families. Not Institutions., country experts will share the critical bottlenecks they encountered, the strategies that worked, the course corrections required, and the evidence of impact for children and families.

This webinar, hosted by UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and UNICEF UK, explores how violence against children and violence against women intersect during adolescence—a critical period often overlooked in prevention efforts. It launches a new brief that highlights gender inequality as a key driver of violence and promotes coordinated, cross-sector approaches to better protect adolescents and support effective prevention strategies.

This scoping review highlights the limited evidence on young people aged 15–17 entering care for the first time, with only five studies meeting inclusion criteria. It finds that care entry for this group is linked to complex individual and family factors, underscoring the need for more diverse and in-depth research to better inform early interventions and prevention strategies.

From 28–30 January 2026, fifty representatives from governments, civil society, faith-based organisations, UN agencies, academia, and young people with experience of care gathered at Wilton Park in the UK to discuss how the Global Campaign for Children’s Care Reform can move from commitment to collective action. This report provides a record of the dialogue. 

This webinar celebrated a decade of evidence in action and highlight the next phase of INSPIRE’s global implementation and research agenda. It brought together global leaders, researchers, and practitioners to discuss what the new evidence means for countries, sectors, and systems working to end violence against children.

This webinar will celebrate a decade of evidence in action and highlight the next phase of INSPIRE’s global implementation and research agenda. It will bring together global leaders, researchers, and practitioners to discuss what the new evidence means for countries, sectors, and systems working to end violence against children.