They Cannot Wait Any Longer: The Historic Debt of the Nation of Paraguay - Presentation of Results: Cross-Government Review of the Child Protection and Care System

Interagency Forum of Diagnosis & Dialogue—Quinta Ykua Satí, Asunción

Even though the Cross-Government review and action plan were approved by the Supreme Court of Justice and the National Council for Children early 2020, due to the pandemic and national sanitary emergency declared in Paraguay (affecting the protection system severely), the government was not able

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Study on the Experience of Alternative Care Leavers in Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai, Thailand

World Childhood Foundation, Eriks Development Partner

The purpose of this study is to explore how growing up in private residential care in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces of Thailand has affected children’s well-being over time. The research provided an important opportunity for young people to describe and analyze their experience, as well as make their own conclusions and recommendations.

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Understanding the Lived Experience of Young Adults Who Grew Up in Residential Care Centres in Tanzania and a Theory of Action to Reorient Care for Vulnerable Children

Kate McAlpine, Raphael Dennis, Janeth Semwene, Belinda Mziray, Citizens 4 Change, World Childhood, Pamoja Leo, Railway Children, Families & Futures Coalition of Tanzania

This mixed-methods study collects survey data from 253 adults involved with vulnerable children in Tanzania and narrative data from 31 young adults who experienced residential care during their childhood. The research fills a gap in the literature about the lived experiences of children in institutional care and the impacts of this type of care on their lives.

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Demonstration Countries for Care Reform in Kenya

UNICEF - ESARO Regional Learning Platform

The government of Kenya has been working with UNICEF, Changing the Way We Care, Charitable Children's Institutions and local CSOs to pilot care reform at the county level. Learning from these demonstration counties is being used to shape care reform in other counties and at the national level. This video explores care reform in one demonstration county, Kisumu.

Informe Temático: Voluntariado, volunturismo, turismo de orfanatos y tráfico de huérfanos

Transforming Children's Care Collaborative

Este Informe Temático sobre voluntariado, volunturismo, turismo de orfanatos y tráfico de huérfanos fue elaborado para aportar lineamientos a los Gobiernos, los responsables de políticas y otros responsables de la toma de decisiones. También respalda la implementación de los compromisos internacionales asumidos en el contexto de la Resolución de la Asamblea General de la ONU 2019 sobre los Derechos de los niños y las niñas privados del cuidado parental. Explica de qué modo tomar las medidas apropiadas para abordar y prevenir los daños asociados al voluntariado en orfanatos, el turismo de orfanatos y el volunturismo, y al tráfico de huérfanos vinculado con las actividades anteriores. 

Exploring the Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Child Protection in Humanitarian Context

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

This webinar explores the existing evidence of the connections between climate change and risks to children’s protection and discuss the role that child protection actors and the wider humanitarian community can take to ensure the protection of children and well-being of children impacted by the climate crisis.

Becoming Adult on the Move: Migration Journeys, Encounters and Life Transitions

Elaine Chase, Nando Sigona, Dawn Chatty

This edited collection situates the migration of children and young people into Europe within a global framework of analysis and provides a holistic perspective that encompasses cultural media, ethnographic research and policy analysis. Drawing on a unique study of young unaccompanied migrants who subsequently became ‘adult’ within the UK and Italy, it examines their different trajectories and how they were impacted by their ability to secure legal status.

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Becoming Adult on the Move