Access to Origins: Panorama on Legal and Practical Considerations - ISS/IRC comparative working paper 2: Spotlight on solutions

International Social Service (ISS)

This paper is aimed at supporting the professionals who accompany adoptees and their families in the process of searching for one's origins, and the various authorities with the competency to make decisions on this matter.

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Solutions for Children Previously Affiliated With Extremist Groups: An Evidence Base to Inform Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

UN Office of the SRSG on Violence against Children

This report from the UN Office of the SRSG on Violence against Children explores repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration of foreign, Iraqi and Syrian children who are being held in detention on suspected ISIS association or terror-related offenses, or in camps.

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Children forever: The search for origins among Chilean adults who were adopted

Irene Salvo Agoglia, Diana Marre - Child & Family Social Work

In this article, the authors present some results from the first qualitative study that explores the experiences of some Chilean adults who were adopted and searched for their origins in Chile through the National Service of Minor's Search for Origins Program.

Committee on the Rights of the Child General comment No. 25 (2021) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

In the present general comment, the Committee on the Rights of the Child explains how States parties should implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to the digital environment and provides guidance on relevant legislative, policy and other measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto in the light of the opportunities, risks and challenges in promoting, respecting, protecting and fulfilling all children’s rights in the digital environment.

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Child Marriage in the Sahel

UNICEF Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring

This brochure from UNICEF provides an overview of child marriage in the Sahel, a region spanning the northern portion of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Shifting the Field: Philanthropy’s role in strengthening child- and youth-led community rooted groups

Marcela Rueda Gomez - Elevate Children Funders Group

This report maps current practice in philanthropic support for child- and youth-led work at the community level and offers strategic advice to donors on how to strengthen their funding modalities to achieve greater impact.

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COVID-19 Future Trends: Impacts on Children and the Search for Opportunities

Sol Pradelli - Elevate Children Funders Group

In attempts to delineate the future impacts on today's children, this paper analyses the COVID-19 crisis as a dynamic phenomenon that shapes children's lives well into adulthood, with age and gender considered key influencing factors. It examines the impacts from previous crises and the available data to build prudent assumptions about the present situation and outlines four scenarios which provide opportunities to identify potential levers for positive change.

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