South American Panorama of Adoption Practices: Cases of Countries in Transformation

South American Panorama of Adoption Practices: Cases of Countries in Transformation
Child Identity Protection (CHIP)

This research brought together the testimonies of adoption professionals (national and international) concerned with the situation of abandoned and placed children in five South American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the new realities of adoption, in a context where these countries have chosen to limit or stop their foreign adoption practices. 

Gatekeeping Factsheet

Gatekeeping Factsheet
Changing the Way We Care

This Gatekeeping Factsheet, targeting those engaged in care decisions, including government actors/institutions, civil society organizations, practitioners and parents/caregivers explains the objectives of gatekeeping and essential components of a gatekeeping system, core principles of effective gatekeeping and signs that a gatekeeping system is operating well or needs to be strengthened.

Introducing Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19: Policy Makers

Introducing Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19: Policy Makers
READY: Global Readiness for Major Disease Response

This second webinar in the 'Introducing Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19' webinar series hosted on 28 January 2021, is aimed at policy makers and explains their role in developing policies and guidance to prevent family separation during an outbreak.

Introducing Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19: For Health Practitioners

Introducing Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19: For Health Practitioners
READY: Global Readiness for Major Disease Response

The first webinar, hosted on 27 January 2021, is aimed at health practitioners with the goal of introducing the guidance and helping practitioners understand their role in preventing family separation and supporting unaccompanied and separated children.

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 3: Introducing the Hotspot Community-Based Approach to Support Child Reintegration

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 3: Introducing the Hotspot Community-Based Approach to Support Child Reintegration
Children in Families (CIF) Technical Working Group

To complement the CIF partner interventions targeting the child and family and to enhance the sustainability of reintegration efforts, the project is using a Hotspot approach to address community-level, environmental factors that may contribute to a child’s increased risk of family separation. The collective application of the Hotspot approach is completely innovative in the Zambian child care reform space. In this brief, we spotlight the Hotspot approach and promising observations to date in undertaking this strategy.

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 2: A Collective, Holistic Approach to Reintegrate Children in Residential Facilities to Family Care

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 2: A Collective, Holistic Approach to Reintegrate Children in Residential Facilities to Family Care
Children in Families (CIF) Technical Working Group

Building on the CIF+ Learning Brief Vol 1.pdf, Volume 2 draws from CIF+ partner programming experience, achievements and lessons learned. This document outlines lessons for stakeholders that are interested in child reintegration efforts and highlights examples of the pilot as it works to support children and families in Zambia.

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 1: A Collective, Holistic Approach to Reintegrate Children in Residential Facilities to Family Care

Lessons from the Children in Families Plus Pilot - Volume 1: A Collective, Holistic Approach to Reintegrate Children in Residential Facilities to Family Care
Children in Families (CIF) Technical Working Group

The CIF+ pilot is a collaborative, locally led, intensive effort with the main aim to reintegrate 200 children from Child Care Facilities (CCFs) in Lusaka district, into families over a period of three years (2019-2021).

Mapping Children on the Move Within Africa

Mapping Children on the Move Within Africa
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

This study provides an overview of the situation of children on the move within Africa and assessed the extent to which Member States of the African Union have established normative and institutional structures to address the needs of children on the move in their territories. It presents an informed overview of the routes that children move along in within the continent, the reasons why they move and where these children move to as well as the risks that they are exposed to whilst on the move. The study also scrutinises the legal frameworks affecting child mobility in the continent.