Country Care Review: Niger

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of its examination of Niger's initial reports, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review. 

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Country Care Review: Mauritania

Better Care Network

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Mauritania's initial reports, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review. 

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Early Means Early: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert, Stakeholder, and Public Understandings of Early Childhood Development in South Africa

FrameWorks Institute, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, Stellenbosch University, UNICEF, and the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit

This report identifies key communications challenges faced by experts and advocates as they seek to elevate support for public policies that will best serve the developmental needs of all children in South Africa.

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Situación de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes sin cuidados parentales en la República Argentina. Relevamiento nacional - actualización 2014

UNICEF y Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de la Nación

Este nuevo relevamiento muestra y analiza datos actualizados relativos a la cantidad de niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNyA) sin cuidados parentales en la República Argentina, los lugares de cuidado donde están alojados, las condiciones en las que viven, el organismo que decidió que fueran separados o separadas de su mamá, papá o familia ampliada, los motivos de esta separación, los tiempos de permanencia en las instituciones, los motivos de ingreso y egreso.

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Washington’s Out-of-State Youth Plead: Let Us Come Home; Report and Recommendations

Disability Rights Washington

The US state of Washington’s foster care system has been sending many young people in need of residential care and treatment to the Clarinda Academy, an institution in Iowa. This is a report by Disability Rights Washington (DRW) to expose the conditions and treatment experienced by Washington foster youth at this institution.

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