Hope and Homes for Children is convening a series of Policy Dialogues gathering child care reform advocates and policy-makers on the topic of the link between sustainable development and the fight against child institutionalisation, promotion of child care reform and child protection systems strengthening.

The incoming Chief Executive Officer will be coming into the organisation at a time of change and will lead on delivering the refreshed 2024 - 2026 Strategy and build on Lumos’ unique comparative advantage and successful work in eastern Europe. The Strategy explicitly emphasises the organisation’s Child Rights orientation and reframes priorities in line with the changing global context for children and the significantly reduced size and resources of the organisation.

A new report by the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC), Climate Mobility and Childhood: Examining the risks, closing the data and evidence gaps for children on the move, considers how the well-being of children may be affected when climate change and human mobility intersect in their lives – or, what can be described as experiences of climate mobility. This Executive Summary provides the key messages and main findings of the report's four sections.

This report by the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) sheds light on how climate mobility is impacting children’s well-being and offers recommendations for ensuring that children affected by climate-related migration are not overlooked.

Hope and Homes for Children, Lumos, Save the Children and Plan International, Transform Alliance Africa, together with the UN OHCHR are inviting children and young people to participate in online, oral consultations on the theme of Care and Support. The purpose of the consultation will be to gather inputs to help inform an expert workshop on the topic of care and support, which will be held in late in 2024 at the United Nations.

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Baseline Evaluation of Ukraine Better Care Reform. Learn more about how to bid.

Shifting Norms and Values to Prevent Violence Agai

Case studies from Peru, Cambodia and DRC provide lessons on how income support can contribute to keeping children safe.

These guidelines have been written to guide donors and partners through the process of gathering information, making the decision to divest, securing buy-in internally for divestment, engaging with partners and stakeholders, developing a divestment plan, communicating that plan, and addressing any child safety concerns.

ISPCAN SWEDEN2024 brings together the brightest minds in child protection from every sector to innovate and share best practices.  Join us to keep pushing the boundaries of research and practice to ensure that all children have the chance to thrive no matter what their experience.