This article examines and discusses the designation of unaccompanied Chinese children as "Unaccompanied Alien Children" and the processes experienced in obtaining such designations.

This article discusses how prevalence rates of child maltreatment (CM) can differ substantially between countries and ethnicities

This article highlights how inter-generational practices of love, care and solidarity are central to the negotiation of belonging in the settlement country. 

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.  

This report presents the findings of a mappings and assessments review of child protection systems in 14 countries including Cambodia.

This article investigates the current leaving care and post-care supports that are available to Indigenous care leavers in Australia.  

This chapter of the Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research discusses the dangers of using categories in child welfare.

This study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. 

This report summarises findings from a recent online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. 

This Study Brief provides a brief snapshot of the findings from a study of the functionality of Commune Committees for Women and Children (CCWCs) in Cambodia.

This evaluation assesses two alternative care reform projects in Cambodia that share a common aim of strengthening child protection systems from grassroots to national levels.

This report describes the outcomes of the joint DCOF/UNICEF visit to Cambodia to assess a three-year, DCOF-funded project on Strengthening Systems to Protect Vulnerable Children and Families in Cambodia.

This assessment examines shelter and community-based care models for victims of trafficking in Cambodia, and explores the best practices of service providers. 

This study investigates the impact of reintegration of children from five transitional shelters into their families in Cambodia, and explores key factors  (such as consistent and regular follow-up), that contribute to positive, stable outcomes for them.

This study assesses the development, social integration and post-return reintegration issues facing child victims of trafficking and migration related exploitation in shelters and orphanages in Cambodia.  

This brief provides an overview of alternative care in Cambodia, including key achievements, challenges and recommended actions for preventing and regulating residential care, and strengthening family-based care. 

This report presents an overview of the findings of four separate studies conducted in vulnerable communities in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to child sexual abuse, including in travel and tourism.

This report is a shortened version of a desk review of children’s movements in the context of regional migration (Children’s Migration: Diversities, Exploitation, Participation and Protection in the Greater Mekong Sub-region of South-East Asia, available separately from Save the Children).

This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the alternative care situation in Cambodia, including residential and family-based care. 

This document provides minimum standards and guidelines for service providers who work with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Cambodia.

This law lays out the principles, conditions, procedures and regulations for inter-country adoption in Cambodia.

Global Strategy – Beyond Detention 2014-2019 is a document released by UNHCR, which aims to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seekers and refugees.  

This study uses data from The China Health and Nutrition Survey to determine trends in grandparents’ provision of childcare.