This article, from Time, describes the efforts of the Israeli government to evacuate babies of Israeli parents - born to surrogate mothers in Nepal - in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.

This article describes the recent rise in migrants and refugees coming to Italy from Libya and other parts of North Africa, especially the large numbers of unaccompanied children, and the efforts being made by aid workers to place those children in appropriate care.

This photo series, courtesy of Save the Children, depicts the experiences of unaccompanied young people who travel from North Africa across the Mediterranean in hopes of reaching greater safety in Europe.

In Egypt, a decree has been issued to amend the 1996 Children’s Act in order to allow the placement of children into foster homes at a younger age, says the article.

In Egypt, a decree has been issued to amend the 1996 Children’s Act in order to allow the placement of children into foster homes at a younger age, says the article.

La Cooperation italienne et l'UNICEF ont lancé un projet dédié à la désinstitutionalisation des enfants privés de milieu familial en Tunisie. Le projet intervient dans le domaine de la protection de l'enfance, et vise à contribuer à ce que les enfants vulnérables et notamment les enfants nés hors mariage, les enfants et les adolescents en situation de danger ou handicapés puissent jouir de leurs droits et bénéficier d’un environnement familial de qualité, propice à leur garantir un bien-être et un développement harmonieux. 

Rapport de capitalisation sur le volet médicosocial du projet « Tamkine-Migrants » 2011 – 2014 d’appui à la prise en charge de femmes migrantes enceintes et de leurs enfants.

This Masters thesis paper, by Michael Maher King of the University of Oxford, reviews the situations of children in institutional alternative care in Israel and Japan.

In this opinion piece, Sarah Sagley Klotz shares her experience of growing up in a small Christian community in the US, learning about the needs of the world from sermons and videos, and later fully realizing the hardships of vulnerable and orphaned children in the developing world through her travels to Mongolia and North Africa. 

This article reports on delays in the implementation of a two-year-old law aimed at caring for orphans in the United Arab Emirates apparently linked to the delayed construction of a new and expanded shelter.