Building Climate Change Into Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

UNICEF ESARO, Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC)

This UNICEF/CTWWC paper argues that climate change is the greatest current and future threat to children’s care in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. Responding to this threat requires urgent coordinated action related to care reform policies and interventions and climate change responses.

Reconocidos, Contabilizados, Incluidos: Utilizar los Datos para Arrojar Luz Sobre el Bienestar de los Niños y Las Niñas Con Discapacidad - Resumen

UNICEF

El informe tiene como objetivo promover el uso de estos datos con el propósito de dar más protagonismo a los niños y niñas con discapacidad y de ese modo lograr una conciencia más plena de sus vivencias.

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االهتامم، والرعاية، واإلدماج : استخدام البيانات لتسليط الضوء عىل عافية األطفال ذوي اإلعاقة - ملخص

UNICEF

تخل  جهود نمضالإعاقة  يللأطفال ذو جالإدما دصرعملية  تلَّطعتلطالما  شاملة. غير أنّ السنوات الأخيرةو ٍةقالتنمية بسبب الافتقار إلى بياناتٍ موثو  الأدواتوشهدت جهوداً مُجدَّدة كانت ترمي إلى سدّ الثغرات في البيانات.  أدَّت إلى زيادةٍ كبيرة في توافر دقلجمع البيانات  تَث ِدحُالجديدة التي است  رُوْلبت زّالإعاقة، الأمر الذي عز يجودة البيانات المتعلقة بالأطفال ذوو ج المعرفة.اتنالتحليلات الجديدة وساهم في زيادة إ

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Seen, Counted, Included: Using Data to Shed Light on the Well-Being of Children with Disabilities

UNICEF

Millions of children with disabilities around the globe continue to be left behind, despite the near-universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the call for action embedded in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the clear mandate set by the

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Included, Every Step of the Way: Upholding the Rights of Migrant and Displaced Children with Disabilities

UNICEF

Children with disabilities and children on the move represent highly diverse populations living in a broad range of circumstances. But as two of the most marginalized groups of children in the world, there is much they have in common, often-times neglected in data collection, policies and programming. This report examines children’s lives when these two identities intersect.

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Heartline Case Study: Transitioning from Residential Care to Family Care in Haiti

Faith to Action

The story of Heartline’s transition from residential care to family care is told in this recently released Faith to Action case study. The case study details their experience through three stages of transition—learning, preparation and planning, and full transition—with transparency. It addresses common challenges for transitioning organizations, as well as the strategies Heartline took to overcome them.

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Buckner Case Study: Transitioning from Residential Care to Family Care in Guatemala

Faith to Action

The story of Buckner Guatemala’s transition from residential care to family care is told in this recently released Faith to Action case study. The case study details their experience through three stages of transition—learning, preparation and planning, and full transition—with transparency. It addresses common challenges for transitioning organizations, as well as the strategies Buckner took to overcome them.

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UNICEF MICS7 Launch Meeting

UNICEF MICS

During the 54th session of the UN Statistical Commission, the Global MICS team launched MICS 7 with several new initiatives such as MICS Plus, geocoding, and integration with administrative data sources.

Insights from Moldova: Closing of a Residential Institution

Changing the Way We Care

After 60 years of serving as a residential institution for children with disabilities, the Hîncești Auxiliary Boarding school (SIA Hîncești) in Moldova closed its doors to children in May 2022. The closing of Hîncești SIA serves as a harbinger for what is possible for other institutions for children with disabilities in Moldova and around the world.

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L'efficacité du Telephone Portable Comme Outil de Signalement et de Rétroaction pour les Enfant dans les Familles d'acceuil en Gambia: Succés, Enjeaux et Recommandations

Save the Children Spain

Save the Children a développé ce programme d'apprentissage afin d'évaluer l'utilisation des téléphones portables comme mécanismes d'information et de rétroaction pour les enfants placés en Gambie et de déterminer s'il est efficace et sécurisé.

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The Inshuti z’Umuryango: The Volunteers Helping Keep Children Safe in Rwanda (Results Brief)

UNICEF, Rwanda National Child Development Agency

This brief presents the results of several assessments of the ‘Friends of the Family’ or ‘Inshuti z’Umuryango’ (IZU) initiative  in Rwanda. IZU is a frontline volunteer cadre introduced in 2016 as part of Rwanda's national child protection system strengthening and care reform efforts. 

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