This piece, written by Aselefech Evans, a woman adopted from Ethiopia when she was five years old, addresses the issue of family preservation and international adoption.

This Context Assessment, produced by Maestral International, aims to collect and review all relevant information to support the development of the Department of Social Welfare’s (DSW) institutional capacities to execute the new framework for alternative care in Liberia.

The Future of Children, a collaboration of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Brookings Institute, has launched a new project entitled “The Child & Family Blog.”

The theme is Stepping up the Pace. Online registration has opened and the conference organisers have issued a call for abstractsfor original contribution to the field.

This call to action is for all who are committed to achieving an AIDS-free generation.

This event will be held in Melbourne, Australia. The theme  of the event is is Stepping up the Pace.

UNICEF Nepal is requesting proposals from interested agencies for assessment of child grant. The company will be responsible for the activities highlighted in the RFP.

The symposium Children and HIV: Start Early, Start Now–Integrated interventions for young children born into HIV-affected families will examine proactive, integrated approaches that focus on early childhood and HIV.

The Mexican Attorney General’s office is opening up an investigation into previous abuse allegations brought against a children’s home in Zamora, in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.

L’Ouganda ne protège pas les enfants sans domicile fixe des violences et autres abus commis par la police a déclaré Human Rights Watch. Les enfants des rues dans divers centres urbains de l'Ouganda sont exposés à la maltraitance ainsi qu'aux violences physiques et sexuelles. Les autorités nationales et locales devraient cesser d’organiser des descentes de police visant ces enfants, tenir les forces policières et d'autres individus responsables en cas de passage à tabac, et faciliter l'accès de ces enfants aux services d'éducation et de santé.