In this position paper, the Muslim Women’s Shura Council considers whether adoption can be possible within an Islamic framework.

This report provides an overview of children's rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa.

This annual report of the World Family Map Project shares the latest data on 16 indicators of family structure, family socioeconomics, family processes, and family culture in multiple countries as well as an original essay focusing on one important aspect of contemporary family life.

This video by Save the Children highlights key research findings from an assessment on the quality of care in children's homes in Indonesia (2007), jointly published with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF.

This paper presents a study on the children who were sent to orphanages or Islamic boarding schools (Dayahs) in Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.

This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia.

Este evento paralelo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos incluyó presentaciones en separación familiar en los contextos africanos, asiáticos, europeos, y latinoamericanos.

This Human Rights Council Side event included presentations on family separation in the African, Asian, European, and Latin American contexts. 

This Human Rights Council Side event included presentations on family separation in the African, Asian, European, and Latin American contexts. 

This video, from Forget Me Not, features the story of Alisha, a young girl in Nepal who was separated from her family and taken to a children’s home in Kathmandu.

As part of a wider qualitative study of the volunteering experience, this paper seeks to critique the problematic relationship between a touristic experience and the needs of Cambodia’s poor children. 

Taking a Polanyian political economy approach, this article illustrates how the emergence of and response to the orphanage tourism industry represent, in Karl Polanyi’s words, a ‘double movement’ between the neoliberalization of orphanages and the corollary protective countermovement by antiorphanage tourism campaigns that challenge the industry’s morality and legitimacy.

Pursuant to the decision of the Ninth Summit, the SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements on the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia was signed in January 2002 during the Eleventh Summit in Kathmandu.

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) is an important tool for advancing children’s rights.

This video gives an inside look at an assisted family setting in Ghana where children with disabilities live with their foster mothers. It highlights the increased risk of family separation faced by children with special needs and advocates for the provision of quality family-based care to children who cannot be with their parents or extended families.

This video is presented by Better Care Network and UNICEF. It tells the story of Maureen, a young girl in Kenya who was separated from her family and sent to live in a children's home. It also features interviews with experts, including those who have lived in children's homes, explaining some of the negative impacts of institutionalization and highlights the efforts of Care Reform Initiatives to deinstitutionalize children in Kenya and Ghana. 

This report presents an overview of the Millennium Development Goals and ‘A World Fit for Children’ commitments, the situation of children in the Islamic world,  and the constraints and challenges facing children in the region in regards to health, education, poverty, child protection, and HIV/AIDS. The report asks “are we fulfilling our commitment to children?”

This webinar looks at the range of alternative care for children who have been separated from parental care and emphasizes family care. 

A Continuum of Care provides an overview of a range of alternative care options for children who have been separated from parental care. 

This series of podcasts from Faith to Action Initiative features the audio from past Faith to Action webinars, including a webinar on The Continuum of Care.

Este taller está diseñado para entrenar los expertos técnicos en los valores y principios básicos involucrados en la labor del trabajo de Protección de  Niñez y Adolescencia.

This report presents findings of a baseline study for the Strong Beginnings -- A Family for all Children project.

Ce guide est conçu pour aider le personnel et les partenaires de l’UNICEF à mettre en place et à faire fonctionner des Espaces amis des enfants (EAE) dans une situation d'urgence.

This handbook (in Russian) is designed as a tool for legislators, policy-makers, and all professionals and care providers to support the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009.