This is an update on the ISS-USA Regional Conference in Guatemala.  

This document reports on the status of children who remain in psychiatric hospitals, emergency shelters, and detention facilities in Illinois, US.  In 2015, there were approximately 168 children who were hospitalized beyond medical necessity; 380 children who remained in emergency shelter beyond 30 days, and the audit reported “no available data” on children who remained in a detention facility solely because placement cannot be located.

The research in this study explores how systems strengthening approaches promoted by humanitarian agencies are perceived to have transpired in South Sudan during the country’s transition to independence. 

This is an article discussing a research study performed to determine the best forms of out of home care for children.

This study assesses the effects of institutional care on social interaction anxiety in children and further assesses the role of social interaction anxiety in emotional and behavioral problems in children.

Kathryn Joyce discusses the issues that one mother in Uganda faced when she put her child up for international adoption. 

This study examines the relationship between different areas of family need and the utilization of home-based, post-investigation services (HBPS) following a child protective services (CPS) investigation.

This is a 15 month qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with families and boys at three stages: preparing for return, in the first three months of reintegration and successfully reintegrated.

This is an evaluation document that promotes family-based care in Cambodia.  

Practical guide for travel companies delivering volunteer tourism experiences.

This news article from the BBC is about a small orphan village south of Moscow, which has been experimenting with what the founders think may be a novel solution to support both foster children and the families who take them in.

The story of a young boy who gave up being a child soldier to participate in UNICEF's reintegration program.

This chapter explores issues of children’s agency and participation in anti-trafficking interventions with children trafficked for exploitative labor in Vietnam. 

This study examines the experiences of young female survivors of sexual violence in northern Uganda in order to explore the variety of roles (both positive and negative) that informal support networks played in contributing to survivors’ healing, recovery, and reintegration.

This study identifies risk factors for voluntarily joining armed groups, as well as to test association of conscription status and mental health.

This article examines how urban Congolese refugees in Kenya promote psychosocial well-being in the context of structural vulnerability. 

This document is a statement in support of the Guidelines on Children's Reintegration. 

This situation analysis focuses on the current conditions that affect children in Cambodia and their capacity to enjoy all their rights as recognized in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This document serves as a brief of the UNICEF Child Protection Programme provided in Cambodia.