This report showcases the centrality and urgency of social protection for families with children and adolescents in the COVID-19 context.
This report presents findings from a survey undertaken in Cambodia, between June and July 2020 to generate evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent mitigation measures are affecting children's health, nutrition, education and learning, protection and wellbeing, family incomes and jobs, and poverty.
Save the Children conducted research in three refugee camps in Dadaab in Kenya which explored the impact of COVID-19 on children’s education, young mothers’ livelihoods and gender-based violence. This study highlights programmatic adaptations made in response to COVID-19, identifying what has worked well or less well and considers practical recommendations for the sector.
Resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, EPIC (Empowering People in Care) decided to contact all young people’s residential centres in Ireland. This article present the results of that survey.
In this article, the young people and team at the Nether Johnstone House in Scotland share some of their reflections and learnings of lockdown.
This article explores the risk of significant shared traumatic stress among public child welfare (PCW) workers.
This Evidence to Action Note outlines key findings related to the childcare and early learning experiences of a group of children in out-of-home care (OOHC) in New South Wales aged 9 months to 5 years, drawing on the first interview with their carers for the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS).
By drawing on the experiences of parents, advocates, NGOs, and public officials, this side event invited discussion on how, through strengthening families and tools for prevention, societies can reduce the number of children being institutionalized. During the event, a panel of experts from the Republic of Moldova, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, and the United States explored their experiences around efforts to empower parents and keep children with disabilities with their families.
Disability Rights International, Validity Foundation, and the European Network for Independent Living, Youth Network Board hosted a webinar on children with disabilities in adversity as part of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This webinar highlighted how children with developmental delays and disabilities can have the best chance to not only survive, but also thrive. The webinar delved into the challenges, emerging research from Kenya, and practical country examples from Mozambique, Tajikistan and Peru.
