This research brief summarizes what is already known about child marriage and early unions (CMEUs) in the Caribbean, complemented by the findings of research commissioned by UNICEF in the framework of the Spotlight Initiative Caribbean Regional Programme and conducted in six Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

This article presents a conceptual model for identifying clientelist relationships in orphanages, allowing for the implications of clientelism for child institutionalisation, trafficking, and exploitation to be explored.

This regional portrait describes Catholic-sponsored care for children in Eastern Africa using data from Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. The first large study of its kind, it focuses on children who are particularly vulnerable—those at risk of or those who have been separated from their families. Many are in institutional care. This portrait also describes growing efforts, led by women and men religious, to ensure children can grow up in safe, nurturing families or family-like environments rather than institutions.

This essential Research Handbook provides a multifaceted exploration of surrogacy and the law, examining a variety of critical yet under-researched perspectives including globalisation, power, gender, sexual orientation, genetics, human rights and family relations.

Este Conjunto de Herramientas está compuesto de las herramientas enumeradas a continuación, que pueden ser leídas de manera independiente o conjunta.

Ces Formulaires modèles renferment des informations importantes concernant les garanties établies par la Convention Adoption de 1993, telles que le consentement des personnes, institutions et autorités dans la procédure d'adoption (art. 4(c) et (d)), l'adoptabilité de l'enfant (art.

The Model Forms are intended to simplify and facilitate compliance with the 1993 Adoption Convention by assisting Contracting Parties in the collection of relevant information. They contain important information regarding safeguards established by the 1993 Adoption Convention.

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Is residential care 'inherently harmful'? This book argues that this conventional wisdom is wrong and is, itself, harmful to a significant number of children and youth.

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Programul Național pentru Protecția Copilului pe anii 2022-2026 articulează angajamentul Guvernului Republi

This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in January 2024. 

This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in December 2023. 

In this case study the authors look at the impact of climate change-related events on various aspects of children’s care by drawing on evidence from nine interviews with children, caregivers, residential care home staff and government officials in Kajiado County, Kenya.

This study analyzes statistical data on the institutionalization of children aged between 0-6 years; examines current practices of prevention, identification, assistance, referral, and placement in institutions and family based alternative care; evaluates the knowledge and attitudes of professionals and decision makers and outlines recommendations for the development and introduction of a moratorium on placing children aged between 0-6 years in residential care.

This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in February 2024. 

Amy and Ano are twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families.They found out about each other by chance and as they delved into their past, they realised thousands of babies in Georgia were stolen from hospitals and sold for adoption, some as recently as 2005. Now they want answers.