Inequalities in educational outcomes in individuals with childhood experience of out-of-home care: What are driving the differences?

Lars Brännström, Hilma Forsman, Bo Vinnerljung, Ylva B. Almquist - PLoS ONE

In order to be better equipped to design interventions aimed at improving the educational outcomes of children for whom society has assumed responsibility, this study seeks to further our understanding about which factors that contribute to the educational disparities throughout the life course.

Statement by the Consortium for Street Children during the Human Rights Council Virtual Informal Conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Consortium for Street Children

In this statement, the Consortium for Street Children calls on all UN Members States to take three steps for children in street situations during this pandemic.

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The role of decision making in the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Australian child protection system

Paul H. Harnett & Gerald Featherstone - Children and Youth Services Review

The authors of this study draw on the decision-making ecology model of judgement and decision making in child protection to speculate on possible causes of false positive errors in decision making regarding the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.

Critical Analysis of the Process of Determination of the Age of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in Spain

Alfonso Ortega Giménez & Lerdys Heredia Sánchez

The purpose of this article is to perform a critical analysis of the procedure for determining the age of unaccompanied foreign minors in Spain and the detrimental effects that may arise from establishing the legal status of these minors.

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