This video describes the situation of orphanage “voluntourism” in Nepal and how it contributes to the exploitation of children and the growing orphan industry.

This video shines a light on the exploitation of children in orphanages in Nepal and how it can be perpetuated by well-meaning foreign visitors.

The presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support focuses on the need for parenting interventions for preventing teenage sexual violence.

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support describes Save the Children’s efforts to promote family strengthening and two case studies of family strengthening programs at work.

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support describes the development of parenting support policy in Croatia.

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support provides an overview of the National Approach to Parenting in Jamaica and the lessons learned from the program.

This presentation by Jasmina Byrne and Alice Margaria of Innocenti, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014. 

This presentation by Mary Daly, a professor in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014.

This report includes an outline of the discussion, activities, and conclusions from a two-day expert consultation on family and parenting support, organized by Innocenti, the UNICEF Office of Research.

This article, and corresponding 11-minute video, shed light on the rise in orphanage volunteering in Nepal, describing it as “a business model built on a double deception: the exploitation of poor families in rural Nepal and the manipulation of wealthy foreigners.”