This study details the journey of the Orphan and Destitute Youth in Aftercare Programme in Maharashtra, India. The study was conducted with the orphan youth who left the Seven Aftercare programmes both from Government and NGO-run Aftercare programme. It has discussed their challenges, experiences and support given during and post aftercare while orphan youth started their independent life.

The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the daily lives of people globally. In this narrative essay, the authors use the story-telling method to reflect on the challenges encountered and initiatives undertaken by a support group network for Youth Care Leavers (YCLs) community during the COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra, India.

This article holds the State as responsible for the wellbeing of those it has taken the responsibility of protecting. These include people who have suffered violence, indignity, hunger and life-threatening circumstances. The five-year planning of state and district plans have utilised more resources than produced outcomes and output. In this article we put together a learning from strategies that can facilitate duty holders to emerge as more responsible actors during the pandemic that continues.

 في ا اذهلترّرّ  قرد  الببنّا ةلتمتا   رلنامة  متمتا الأباا  ذوا يلمهق أحا قورلإتنا  وجهات   نظّ  ونتائج  مشــــــــّوت أح  مشــــــــتّا  وقوفــــــــةات أشــــــــا  نلتب ةا نم للتحدحاا تلنموة  والتمارب الحةاقةﺔ للأطفال ذوا ي

En el presente informe, la Experta Independiente sobre el disfrute de los derechos humanos de las personas con albinismo presenta diversas perspectivas, las conclusiones de un proyecto de investigación conjunta y recomendaciones para hacer frente a la difícil situación que viven a diario las niñas y los niños con albinismo y mejorar sus experiencias vitales en el contexto del derecho a vivir en familia.

В настоящем докладе Независимый эксперт по вопросу об осуществлении прав человека людьми с альбинизмом излагает точки зрения, результаты осу-ществления совместного исследовательского проекта и рекомендации по реше-нию повседневных проблем и улучшению жизненной ситуации детей с альби-низмом в контексте права на семейную жизнь.

Dans le présent rapport, l’Experte indépendante sur l’exercice des droits de l’homme par les personnes atteintes d’albinisme expose des points de vue ainsi que les conclusions d’un projet de recherche conjoint, et formule des recommandations pour atténuer les difficultés quotidiennes rencontrées par les enfants atteints d’albinisme et pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie, dans le contexte du droit à une vie de famille.

This report interrogates the normative framework governing child participation in South Africa. It provides an analysis of international human rights obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

This study examines the socioeconomic determinants of COVID-19-induced poverty among households with children in refugee-hosting districts of Uganda, comparing refugee and host households. It also investigates the role of social assistance in preventing poverty.

This study was based in Southern Australia and aimed to examine the association between child maltreatment and the receipt of income support payments and the budgetary impact for persons 16 to 33 years.

The report documents the effects of conflict on children in the Sudan, highlighting trends and patterns of the six grave violations against children, namely the recruitment and use of children, the killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons in relation to schools and/or hospitals, a the abduction of children and the denial of humanitarian access.

This paper aims to examine the social support network structures of youth in out-of-home care in the U.S. and to delineate the type of social support activities provided by kin and fictive kin within the networks.

This fact sheet was engages with experts, particularly those with lived experience of human trafficking, to provide expertise and input on the U.S. Department of State anti-trafficking policies, strategies, and products. The authors have a range of expertise related to human trafficking, marginalized communities, trauma recovery, education, mental health care, and survivor leadership.

The South African Early Childhood Review 2024 tracks data on the status of children under six years. 

This study highlights the absence of intimate parental care due to many sociopolitical circumstances in India, which creates a vacuum in fostering early childhood care. The objectives were to determine the dilemmas faced by care providers in the limited resources division between their own and their kin’s child and the invisible social stigma associated with the tag of orphans.

This working paper describes the core care conditions that young children, their parents / caregivers and their families need to flourish. The paper is intended for policymakers and practitioners in Australia who are designing and delivering services and supports to young children and their families.

This study shows that, when researching historical compulsory social measures, the inclusion of formerly institutionalised individuals in development and implementation is not only feasible, but is of significant benefit to the quality of the research.

The current study assesses a protocol designed to mitigate risks in a population-based cohort of 246 individuals placed in care institutions as infants in a non-selective 60-year follow-up. In total, 116 (47%) individuals chose to participate, of whom 53 (55%) reported positive effects of participation such as the opportunity to fill some gaps in their life stories, to better deal with their past, and to understand previous family dynamics.

This study uses data from a survey on the health and development of 420 children mostly under the age of three, placed in 12 infant care institutions between 1958 and 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. The children exhibited significant delays in cognitive, social, and motor development in the first years of life. Moreover, a follow-up of a subsample of 143 children about 10 years later revealed persistent difficulties, including depression, school related-problems, and stereotypes.